CVE-2026-16340

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 a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to an out-of-bounds write in the RFC2047 encoded-word parser.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7289775	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:::::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:::::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:::::continuous_delivery:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway::::::::

History

15 Oct 2026, 00:02

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:::::continuous_delivery:::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:::::-:::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway::::::::
First Time		Ibm Ibm datapower Gateway
References	~~() https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7289775 -~~	() https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7289775 - Vendor Advisory

08 Oct 2026, 14:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary	(en) 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, 11.0.0.0 through 11.0.0.2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to an out-of-bounds write in the RFC2047 encoded-word parser.	(en) 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 a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to an out-of-bounds write in the RFC2047 encoded-word parser.

08 Oct 2026, 13:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-08 13:17

Updated : 2026-10-15 00:02

NVD link : CVE-2026-16340

Mitre link : CVE-2026-16340

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-16340

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

datapower_gateway

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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