Security Bulletin
Summary
Platform Navigator and Automation Assets in IBM Integration are vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities in handlebars. CVE-2026-106444, CVE-2026-106445, CVE-2026-106446 The vulnerabilities have been addressed.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2026-106444
DESCRIPTION: Handlebars provides the power necessary to let users build semantic templates. From 4.0.0 until 4.7.10, Handlebars.precompile() uses quotedString() in lib/handlebars/compiler/code-gen.js to emit static template text into generated JavaScript without escaping sequences that terminate an enclosing HTML script element. When an application precompiles attacker-controlled template text and embeds the generated source directly in an inline script element, a closing script delimiter can end the element and cause following attacker-controlled markup to be parsed and executed. Ordinary server-side rendering and precompiled templates served as external JavaScript files are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 4.7.10.
CWE: CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
CVSS Source: security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score: 4.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-106445
DESCRIPTION: Handlebars provides the power necessary to let users build semantic templates. From 3.0.0 until 4.7.10, Handlebars lookupProperty returns Function.prototype.constructor before applying the prototype-access deny list because constructor is an own property of Function.prototype. When an attacker can render a controlled template with allowProtoMethodsByDefault enabled and an accessible function in the template context, the template can traverse from that function through its prototype to Function.prototype and then obtain the Function constructor through the own-property bypass. This permits attacker-controlled JavaScript to execute with the server application's privileges. This issue is fixed in version 4.7.10.
CWE: CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
CVSS Source: security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score: 9.2
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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)
CVEID: CVE-2026-106446
DESCRIPTION: Handlebars provides the power necessary to let users build semantic templates. From 4.0.0 until 4.7.10, Handlebars.compile() and Handlebars.precompile() accept pre-parsed AST objects while validating only selected PathExpression, NumberLiteral, and BooleanLiteral values. This issue bypasses the AST validation introduced in version 4.7.9 for CVE-2026-33937. An attacker who can supply an object instead of a template string can place JavaScript expressions in unchecked values such as Program.blockParams.length, a non-PathExpression parameter depth, a non-string StringLiteral.value, or a non-string PathExpression.original. The compiler emits those values into generated JavaScript, causing code execution in the server process when compile output renders or wherever precompile output is loaded. Applications that pass only template strings are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 4.7.10.
CWE: CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code
CVSS Source: security-advisories@github.com
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) |
| Platform Navigator in IBM Integration | 16.2.0 to 16.2.0.5 16.1.0 to 16.1.0.29 16.1.1 16.1.2 16.1.3.0 to 16.1.3.6 16.2.1.0 to 16.2.1.1 |
| Automation Assets in IBM Integration | 4.0.0-sc2 to 4.0.26-sc2 4.1.0 4.2.0 4.3.0 to 4.3.5 4.4.0 to 4.4.3 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now by upgrading.
Platform Navigator in IBM Integration
Upgrade Platform Navigator to either the SC2 or Mod version:
SC2: 16.2.0.6 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/16.2.0?topic=upgrading-platform-ui
Mod: 16.2.1.2 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/16.2.1?topic=upgrading
Automation Assets in IBM Integration
Upgrade Automation Assets Operator to either the SC2 or Mod version:
SC2: 4.0.27-sc2 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/16.1.0?topic=upgrading
Mod: 4.4.4 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/16.2.0?topic=upgrading
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
09 Nov 2026: Initial Publication
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
09 November 2026
Initial Publish date:
09 November 2026
UID
ibm17295991