Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in Apache Velocity library, which is used in IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-13936
DESCRIPTION: An attacker that is able to modify Velocity templates may execute arbitrary Java code or run arbitrary system commands with the same privileges as the account running the Servlet container. This applies to applications that allow untrusted users to upload/modify velocity templates running Apache Velocity Engine versions up to 2.2.
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
|
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation | 7.0.3 to 7.0.3 iFix021 |
|
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation | 7.1.0 to 7.1.0 iFix007 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to iFixes detailed below:
IBM recommends customers on ELM 7.0.1, 7.0.2 or any version below 7.0.3 to upgrade your products to Maintenance release 7.0.3 and apply below fix.
Optionally, upgrade to the latest 7.2.0 version.
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) | Remediation/Fix/Instructions |
|
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation | 7.0.3 | Download and install iFix022 or later |
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IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation | 7.1.0 | Download and install iFix008 or later |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
29 Apr 2026: Initial Publication
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
29 April 2026
Initial Publish date:
29 April 2026
UID
ibm17271133