Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM MQ Appliance has addressed multiple vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2026-11897
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.7 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-10842
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, and 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.7 Traditional and Liberty could allow a remote attacker to bypass security constraints.
CWE: CWE-289: Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-14981
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty are affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the HTTP channel due to unbounded allocation of resources without limits.
CWE: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Source: IBM
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-2026-15064
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty is vulnerable to HTTP Response Smuggling due to improper handling of non-standard HTTP version tokens.
CWE: CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-15328
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling.
CWE: CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-15325
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling due to improper handling of TRACE requests.
CWE: CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 8.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-15057
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.7 is vulnerable to a denial of service due to uncontrolled heap allocation.
CWE: CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CVSS Source: IBM
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-2026-49875
DESCRIPTION: Apache CXF's EndpointReferenceUtils and W3CMultiSchemaFactory classes construct a SAXParserFactory without the necessary JAXP hardening configurations, enabling out-of-band (OOB)
external entity resolution. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.2.2 or 4.1.7 or 3.6.12, which fix this issue.
CWE: CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM MQ Appliance | 9.4 LTS - 9.4.0.0 to 9.4.0.26 |
| IBM MQ Appliance | 9.4 CD - 9.4.1.0 to 9.4.5.3 |
| IBM MQ Appliance | 10.0.0.0 - 10.0.0.1 to 10.0.0.5 |
Remediation/Fixes
This vulnerability is addressed under APAR DT498516.
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
IBM MQ Appliance version 9.4 LTS
Apply IBM MQ Appliance fix pack 9.4.0.30, or later firmware.
IBM MQ Appliance version 9.4 CD - M2003
Upgrade to IBM MQ Appliance 10.0.0.6, or later firmware.
IBM MQ Appliance version 9.4 CD - M2002
Apply IBM MQ Appliance cumulative security update 9.4.5.4, or later firmware.
IBM MQ Appliance version 10 LTS
Apply IBM MQ Appliance cumulative security update 10.0.0.6, or later firmware.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
23 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.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
23 October 2026
Initial Publish date:
23 October 2026
UID
ibm17293037