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title: "CVE-2026-12752: IBM Business Automation Workflow - XML External Entity Injection"
description: "IBM Business Automation Workflow contains an XML external entity injection caused by improper XML data processing, letting remote attackers expose sensitive information or consume memory resources, exploit requires crafted XML input."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-12752/
---

# CVE-2026-12752 IBM Business Automation Workflow - XML External Entity Injection

IBM Business Automation Workflow contains an XML external entity injection caused by improper XML data processing, letting remote attackers expose sensitive information or consume memory resources, exploit requires crafted XML input.

CVSS base score 7.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.36% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12752)

## Details

Type

XML External Entity Injection

Impact

Information Disclosure, Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Published

15 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-611](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with the XXE vulnerability fixed.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12752](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12752)
- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7285930](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7285930)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
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