CVE-2026-9002 json
IBM WebSphere eXtremes Scale is affected by uncontrolled resource consumption when XDF is enabled
published 2026-06-30 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-25 14 d ago also EUVD-2026-40379
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
IBM WebSphere Extreme Scale 8.6.1.0 through 8.6.1.6 could allow an adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service due to improper validation in the XDF decoder. The application processes deeply nested Protocol Buffers messages and attacker-controlled length prefixes without sufficient bounds checking, which may allow an attacker on the same network to trigger a StackOverflowError or OutOfMemoryError, resulting in a crash of the WebSphere Application Server JVM.
Patch / fix
- ibm.com/support/pages/node/7278346 advisory
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 4 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- IBM WebSphere Extreme Scale
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
ibm.com
/support/pages/node/7278346
vendor-advisory, patch
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-9002
- NVD CVE-2026-9002
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