SB20260917200 - IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge update for Netty
Published: September 17, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB20260917200
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-59901)
CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
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 cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper state management in Bzip2BlockDecompressor.read() when parsing a malformed bzip2 stream. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted compressed stream to cause a denial of service.
The issue can permanently capture the event-loop thread in an infinite loop.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.