CVE-2026-14502

Summary

The flaw allows a remote attacker to gain administrative access by exploiting the failure to reject empty passwords during LDAP authentication, which can lead to unauthorized access and control of the IBM DataPower Gateway.

Exploitability

Exploitation is relatively straightforward given the lack of password validation, and requires access to the LDAP authentication mechanism.

Blast radius

If exploited, the attacker could gain full administrative control over the affected IBM DataPower Gateway, potentially leading to data theft, service disruption, or further attacks.

Detection

No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.

Prioritized remediation

Upgrade to IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5.0.23 or later, 10.6.7 or later, or 11.0.1.1 or later.

Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.