CVE-2026-16179

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Publication date: 2026-10-08

Last updated on: 2026-10-15

Assigner: IBM Corporation

Description

IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5.0.0 through 10.5.0.22, 10.6.1 through 10.6.6, 10.6.0.0 through 10.6.0.10, and 11.0.0.0 through 11.0.0.2 could allow an attacker to cause a heap buffer underwrite and potentially crash the service.

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Published

2026-10-08

Last Modified

2026-10-15

Generated

2026-10-19

AI Q&A

2026-10-08

EPSS Evaluated

2026-10-18

NVD

CVE-2026-16179

EUVD

EUVD-2026-94957

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
ibm	datapower_gateway	From 11.0.0.0 (inc) to 11.0.0.3 (exc)
ibm	datapower_gateway	From 10.6.1.0 (inc) to 11.0.0.3 (exc)
ibm	datapower_gateway	From 10.6.0.0 (inc) to 10.6.0.11 (exc)
ibm	datapower_gateway	From 10.5.0.0 (inc) to 10.5.0.23 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-124	The product writes to a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location prior to the beginning of the buffer.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a heap buffer underwrite flaw in IBM DataPower Gateway versions 10.5.0.0 through 10.5.0.22, 10.6.1 through 10.6.6, 10.6.0.0 through 10.6.0.10, and 11.0.0.0 through 11.0.0.2. It allows an attacker to cause a memory corruption issue that could crash the service.

Detection Guidance

This vulnerability affects IBM DataPower Gateway versions 10.5.0.0 through 10.5.0.22, 10.6.1 through 10.6.6, 10.6.0.0 through 10.6.0.10, and 11.0.0.0 through 11.0.0.2. Detection involves checking the installed version of IBM DataPower Gateway against these affected ranges.

Impact Analysis

An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service by crashing the IBM DataPower Gateway service. This may disrupt network traffic processing, leading to service unavailability for legitimate users.

Compliance Impact

This vulnerability could lead to service disruption or crashes, potentially causing data processing interruptions. For GDPR, this may impact availability of personal data processing systems. For HIPAA, it could affect the integrity and availability of protected health information systems. However, the specific compliance impact depends on deployment and mitigation measures.

Mitigation Strategies

Update IBM DataPower Gateway to a version beyond the affected range (10.5.0.0-10.5.0.22, 10.6.0.0-10.6.6, 10.6.0.0-10.6.0.10, 11.0.0.0-11.0.0.2). Apply patches from IBM as soon as they are available.

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