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title: "CVE-2026-18529: IBM Maximo Application Suite - Location Service for Esri Component - Command Injection"
description: "IBM Maximo Application Suite - Location Service for Esri Component 9.2, 9.1, and 9.0 contains a command injection caused by improper sanitisation of user-controlled input in a Kubernetes operator task, letting attackers execute arbitrary commands remotely, exploit requires network access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-18529/
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# CVE-2026-18529 IBM Maximo Application Suite - Location Service for Esri Component - Command Injection

IBM Maximo Application Suite - Location Service for Esri Component 9.2, 9.1, and 9.0 contains a command injection caused by improper sanitisation of user-controlled input in a Kubernetes operator task, letting attackers execute arbitrary commands remotely, exploit requires network access.

CVSS base score 8.7 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.67% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18529)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

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

Published

12 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-78](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest available version.

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-2026-18529](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18529)
- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7290070](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7290070)

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