Input validation error in request - CVE-2017-16026
Published: June 2, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110010
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16026
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. If a request is made using ```multipart```, and the body type is a ```number```, then the specified number of non-zero memory is passed in the body. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
request
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data
How to mitigate CVE-2017-16026
Install updates from vendor's website.
request - addressed in versions 2.47.0, 2.67.0
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data - addressed in versions 4.8.8, 4.8.9, 5.1.3
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data - addressed in versions 4.8.8, 4.8.9, 5.1.3