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Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities in .NET affect IBM Robotic Process Automation

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Summary

Multiple security vulnerabilities in .NET affect IBM Robotic Process Automation. .NET is used by IBM Robotic Process as part of it's development framework. This security bulletin identifies the fixes required to resolve these vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2026-26171
DESCRIPTION:   Uncontrolled resource consumption in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
CWE:   CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Source:   secure@microsoft.com
CVSS Base score:   7.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2026-33116
DESCRIPTION:   Loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') in .NET, .NET Framework, Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
CWE:   CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CVSS Source:   secure@microsoft.com
CVSS Base score:   7.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2026-32933
DESCRIPTION:   AutoMapper is a convention-based object-object mapper in .NET. Versions prior to 15.1.1 and 16.1.1 are vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. When mapping deeply nested object graphs, the library uses recursive method calls without enforcing a default maximum depth limit. This allows an attacker to provide a specially crafted object graph that exhausts the thread's stack memory, triggering a `StackOverflowException` and causing the entire application process to terminate. Versions 15.1.1 and 16.1.1 fix the issue.
CWE:   CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion
CVSS Source:   security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score:   7.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2026-30227
DESCRIPTION:   MimeKit is a C# library which may be used for the creation and parsing of messages using the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME), as defined by numerous IETF specifications. Prior to version 4.15.1, a CRLF injection vulnerability in MimeKit allows an attacker to embed \r\n into the SMTP envelope address local-part (when the local-part is a quoted-string). This is non-compliant with RFC 5321 and can result in SMTP command injection (e.g., injecting additional RCPT TO / DATA / RSET commands) and/or mail header injection, depending on how the application uses MailKit/MimeKit to construct and send messages. The issue becomes exploitable when the attacker can influence a MailboxAddress (MAIL FROM / RCPT TO) value that is later serialized to an SMTP session. RFC 5321 explicitly defines the SMTP mailbox local-part grammar and does not permit CR (13) or LF (10) inside Quoted-string (qtextSMTP and quoted-pairSMTP ranges exclude control characters). SMTP commands are terminated by CRLF, making CRLF injection in command arguments particularly dangerous. This issue has been patched in version 4.15.1.
CWE:   CWE-93: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')
CVSS Source:   NVD
CVSS Base score:   5.3
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2026-32203
DESCRIPTION:   Stack-based buffer overflow in .NET and Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
CWE:   CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CVSS Source:   secure@microsoft.com
CVSS Base score:   7.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak23.0.0 - 23.0.20.5, 30.0.0 - 30.0.2

 

 

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
 
 
Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak23.0.0 - 23.0.20.5Update to 23.0.20.6 or higher using the following instructions
IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak30.0.0 - 30.0.2Update to 30.0.3 or higher using the following instructions.

 

These vulnerabilities affect the IBM Robotic Process Automation server and client.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

20 Jun 2026: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
20 June 2026

Initial Publish date:
20 June 2026

UID

ibm17277142