SB2026060904 - IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services update for Spring MVC and WebFlux
Published: June 9, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-22745)
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:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in static resource handling when resolving static resources from the file system on Windows platforms. A remote attacker can send malicious requests that are slow to resolve to cause a denial of service.
The issue affects applications using Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux that serve static resources from the file system on Windows platforms.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.