CVE-2008-5686 — IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager (TPM) before 5.1.1.1 IF0006, when its LDAP service is shared with other applications, does not require that an LDAP user be listed in the TPM user records, which allows remote authenticated users to execute SOAP commands that access arbitrary TPM functionality, as demonstrated by running provisioning workflows

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HIGH

IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager (TPM) before 5.1.1.1 IF0006, when its LDAP service is shared with other applications, does not require that an LDAP user be listed in the TPM user records, which allows remote authenticated users to execute SOAP commands that access arbitrary TPM functionality, as demonstrated by running provisioning workflows

Published Dec 19, 2008

8.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.14%

Description

IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager (TPM) before 5.1.1.1 IF0006, when its LDAP service is shared with other applications, does not require that an LDAP user be listed in the TPM user records, which allows remote authenticated users to execute SOAP commands that access arbitrary TPM functionality, as demonstrated by running provisioning workflows.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.14% 0.02143

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02143

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.14% (0.02143)	81.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.14% (0.02143)	79.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.83% (0.00829)	72.87th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.29% (0.00293)	70.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.29% (0.00293)	68.29th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.29% (0.00293)	64.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.13% (0.01132)	56.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 22, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	54.59th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	52.58th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	30.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

References (5)

http://secunia.com/advisories/33143
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021394
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21330228
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32824
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3432
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33143		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021394		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21330228		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32824		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3432		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 19, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Dec 19, 2008

Link CVE-2008-5686

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-5686

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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