Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM WebSphere eXtremes Scale is affected by uncontrolled resource consumption when XDF is enabled (CVE-2026-9002)
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2026-9002
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale 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.
CWE: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| WebSphere Extreme Scale | 8.6.1.0 - 8.6.1.6 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | Version(s) | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale | 8.6.1.0 - 8.6.1.6 | PH71946 |
For older versions, upgrade to latest fixpack 8.6.1.6 and then apply the PH71946 iFix. If you are using 8.6.1.6 directly apply the PH71946 iFix. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
29 Jun 2026: Initial Publication
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
29 June 2026
Initial Publish date:
29 June 2026
UID
ibm17278346