SB2026021813 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy
Published: February 18, 2026 Updated: May 25, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8885)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: 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:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing ASN.1 OIDs. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-58754)
CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSSv4: 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:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits within data: URL decode. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
3) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8916)
CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource allocation. A remote attacker can library to consume excessive resources and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.