IBM Instana Observability is affected by multiple Prototype Pollution within Instana Agent container image

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-14893
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneribm
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-28 21:17:26 UTC
Updated2026-07-30 14:08:40 UTC
DescriptionIBM Observability with Instana (Agent) Build 1.0.303 through 1.0.320 IBM Instana Node.js tracer component @instana/core version 6.2.1 is vulnerable to prototype pollution through its configuration normalization API.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.3 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

EPSS: 0.003340000 probability, percentile 0.260190000 (date 2026-08-02)

Problem Types: CWE-1321 | CWE-1321 CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
3.1CNACVSS7.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA IBM Observability With Instana Agent affected Build 1.0.303 1.0.320 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7281349 [email protected] www.ibm.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: IBM strongly recommends addressing these vulnerabilities now by updating IBM Observability with Instana to the latest release as described here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability?topic=agents-updating-host Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation/Fixes/InstructionsIBM Observability with Instana (Agent)Build 1.0.303 to 1.0.320Build 1.0.321

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