SB2026072219 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM PowerVM Novalink



SB2026072219 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM PowerVM Novalink

Published: July 22, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026072219
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 12
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

High 17% Medium 42% Low 42%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 12 vulnerabilities.


1) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-8646)

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

CVSSv4: 9.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.

Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-9171)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: 8.7 [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]


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. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-50645)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: 8.7 [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]


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to there is no restriction on the amount of attachment headers that a message can contain when being deserialized by Apache CXF. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-9322)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: 8.7 [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]


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. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


5) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-11541)

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

CVSSv4: 9.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.

Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.


6) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-4410)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows an adjacent user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. An adjacent user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack by sending a specially-crafted request.


7) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-9320)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


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. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


8) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-11714)

CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CVSSv4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N]


The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote user gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.


9) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-11806)

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

CVSSv4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests with the restConnector-2.0 feature enabled. A remote privileged user can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.

Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.


10) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-9071)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: 8.7 [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]


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. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


11) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-11546)

CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.


12) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-5516)

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

CVSSv4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote privileged attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote privileged attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.