CVE-2026-16164

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in IBM DataPower Gateway allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending specially crafted input that exceeds allocated buffer space, potentially leading to application crashes or unavailability.

Exploitability

Exploitation appears moderately difficult as it likely requires crafting specific network requests that trigger the buffer overflow condition, though no public exploit references are available and the exact triggering conditions are not detailed in the description.

Blast radius

If exploited, this vulnerability could impact all services running through the affected DataPower Gateway versions, potentially causing widespread service disruption across multiple applications that depend on the gateway for traffic management and security functions.

Detection

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

Prioritized remediation

Upgrade to IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5.0.23, 10.6.7, 10.6.0.11, or 11.0.0.3 to address this buffer overflow vulnerability.

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