Vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Application affects IBM PowerVM Novalink.

Summary

CVECVE-2026-9171
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneribm
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-17 19:17:19 UTC
Updated2026-07-21 03:16:43 UTC
DescriptionIBM PowerVM Novalink are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.005490000 probability, percentile 0.423820000 (date 2026-07-21)

Problem Types: CWE-400 | CWE-400 CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1CNACVSS7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA IBM PowerVM Novalink affected 2.2.02.2.12.2.1.1 Not specified
CNA IBM PowerVM Novalink affected 2.3.02.3.0.12.3.12.3.2 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7280226 [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 the vulnerability now by upgrading based on the table below. ProductVersionRemediationPowerVM Novalink 2.2.1.1 Update to pvm-novalink-2.2.1.1-260708 https://public.dhe.ibm.com/systems/virtualization/Novalink/readme/NovaLink_2.2.1.1_readme.html or Update to pvm-novalink-2.3.3-260714 https://public.dhe.ibm.com/systems/virtualization/Novalink/readme/NovaLink_2.3.3_readme.html PowerVM Novalink 2.3.3 Update to pvm-novalink-2.3.3-260714 https://public.dhe.ibm.com/systems/virtualization/Novalink/readme/NovaLink_2.3.3_readme.html

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