IBM Support

Security Bulletin: Due to the use of Jetty, IBM Sterling Control Center is vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-2026-19204)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Jetty is used by IBM Sterling Control Center as part of dependency in jetty-websocket-core-common-12.0.25.jar.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2026-19204
DESCRIPTION:   A client may send a WebSocket frame with an unknown opcode and a very large declared payload length, causing Jetty to attempt a large memory allocation and potentially exhaust the JVM heap. This occurs when auto-fragmentation is enabled, as unknown opcodes bypass the normal maximum frame size handling and payload allocation occurs before the opcode is validated.
CWE:   CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source:   emo@eclipse.org
CVSS Base score:   8.7
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)

Affected Products and Versions

 Affected Product(s) Version(s)
 IBM Control Center v6.4.2.0 GA to v6.4.2.0 iFix07 
 IBM Control Center v6.3.1.0 GA to v6.3.1.0 iFix11 

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

 Product

  Remediation/Fixes

 IBM Sterling Control Center

  Fix Central - 6.4.2.0 iFix08

 IBM Sterling Control Center

  Fix Central - 6.3.1.0 iFix12

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins

References

Off

Acknowledgement

Change History

03 Oct 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.

Disclaimer

According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES ""AS IS"" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY. In addition to other efforts to address potential vulnerabilities, IBM periodically updates the record of components contained in our product offerings. As part of that effort, if IBM identifies previously unidentified packages in a product/service inventory, we address relevant vulnerabilities regardless of CVE date. Inclusion of an older CVEID does not demonstrate that the referenced product has been used by IBM since that date, nor that IBM was aware of a vulnerability as of that date. We are making clients aware of relevant vulnerabilities as we become aware of them. "Affected Products and Versions" referenced in IBM Security Bulletins are intended to be only products and versions that are supported by IBM and have not passed their end-of-support or warranty date. Thus, failure to reference unsupported or extended-support products and versions in this Security Bulletin does not constitute a determination by IBM that they are unaffected by the vulnerability. Reference to one or more unsupported versions in this Security Bulletin shall not create an obligation for IBM to provide fixes for any unsupported or extended-support products or versions.

Document Location

Worldwide

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Product":{"code":"SS9GLA","label":"IBM Control Center"},"Component":"","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF051","label":"Linux on IBM Z Systems"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"v6.4.2.0 and v6.3.1.0","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
03 October 2026

Initial Publish date:
03 October 2026

UID

ibm17290783