title: XML eXternal Entity Expansion Vulnerabilities with TIBCO Runtime Agent
description: The TIBCO Designer component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Runtime Agent, and TIBCO Runtime Agent for z/Linux contains vulnerabilities wherein a malicious user could perform XML external entity expansion (XXE) attacks to disclose host machine information. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Runtime Agent: versions up to and including 5.10.0, and TIBCO Runtime Agent for z/Linux: versions up to and including 5.9.1.
problem types: The impact of the vulnerability includes the theoretical possibility of disclosing contents of files on the host machine that are accessible to the operating system account used to run the affected component.
affected:
{
product: TIBCO Runtime Agent
vendor: TIBCO Software Inc.
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 5.10.0, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
}
{
product: TIBCO Runtime Agent for z/Linux
vendor: TIBCO Software Inc.
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 5.9.1, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_0: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 5.8
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
version: 3.0
]
solutions: TIBCO has released updated versions of the affected components which address these issues. For each affected system, update to the corresponding software versions:
TIBCO Runtime Agent versions 5.10.0 and below update to version 5.10.1 or higher
TIBCO Runtime Agent for z/Linux versions 5.9.1 and below update to version 5.10.1 or higher