SB2026101234 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Fusion Data Foundation
Published: October 12, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-27942)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in arrToStr in XMLBuilder when processing input with preserveOrder enabled. A remote user can supply specially crafted input to cause a denial of service.
Only applications using the XML builder with preserveOrder set to true are vulnerable.
2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-26278)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
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 a NULL pointer dereference error in the replaceEntitiesValue() function in OrderedObjParser.js. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
3) XML Entity Expansion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-33036)
CWE-ID: CWE-776 - Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
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 restriction of entity expansion in replaceEntitiesValue() in src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js when parsing XML input containing numeric character references or standard XML entities. A remote attacker can send specially crafted XML input with massive numbers of numeric entity references to cause a denial of service.
The configured entity expansion limits are enforced only for DOCTYPE-defined entities, while numeric character references and standard XML entities are processed through a separate code path without expansion counting.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.