Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Fusion, IBM Fusion HCI, IBM Fusion Data Cataloging, and IBM Fusion Content-Aware Storage include pyasn1 . It is susceptible to DoS, vulnerability (CVE-2026-23490, CVE-2026-30922)
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2026-23490
DESCRIPTION: pyasn1 is a generic ASN.1 library for Python. Prior to 0.6.2, a Denial-of-Service issue has been found that leads to memory exhaustion from malformed RELATIVE-OID with excessive continuation octets. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.2.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
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-2026-30922
DESCRIPTION: pyasn1 is a generic ASN.1 library for Python. Prior to 0.6.3, the `pyasn1` library is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack caused by uncontrolled recursion when decoding ASN.1 data with deeply nested structures. An attacker can supply a crafted payload containing thousands of nested `SEQUENCE` (`0x30`) or `SET` (`0x31`) tags with "Indefinite Length" (`0x80`) markers. This forces the decoder to recursively call itself until the Python interpreter crashes with a `RecursionError` or consumes all available memory (OOM), crashing the host application. This is a distinct vulnerability from CVE-2026-23490 (which addressed integer overflows in OID decoding). The fix for CVE-2026-23490 (`MAX_OID_ARC_CONTINUATION_OCTETS`) does not mitigate this recursion issue. Version 0.6.3 fixes this specific 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)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Fusion | 2.9.0 - 2.12.2 |
| IBM Fusion HCI | 2.10.0 - 2.12.2 |
| Data Cataloging | 2.1.8 - 2.5.2 |
| Content-Aware Storage | 1.0.0 - 1.1.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now.
| Product(s) | Remediation/Fix/Instructions |
| IBM Fusion | Upgrade to version 2.13.0. See README for instructions. |
| IBM Fusion HCI | Upgrade to version 2.13.0. See README for instructions. |
| Data Cataloging | Upgrade to version 2.5.3. See Upgrading Data Cataloging. |
| Content-Aware Storage | Upgrade to version 1.1.3 or newer. See Upgrading Content-Aware Storage |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
06 Jul 2026: Initial Publication
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Document Information
Modified date:
06 July 2026
Initial Publish date:
06 July 2026
UID
ibm17277494