CVE-2026-11918 is a vulnerability in IBM Contextforge Mcp Gateway

IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway is affected by security filter bypass via nested payload structures
IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway <= v1.0.4 IBM mcp-context-forge could allow an authenticated user to bypass protection mechanisms due to incomplete recursive inspection of nested payload content.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-11918 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.

Attack Vector:

NETWORK

Attack Complexity:

LOW

Privileges Required:

LOW

User Interaction:

NONE

Scope:

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact:

LOW

Integrity Impact:

LOW

Availability Impact:

NONE

Weakness Type

What is a Denylist / Deny List Vulnerability?

The product implements a protection mechanism that relies on a list of inputs (or properties of inputs) that are not allowed by policy or otherwise require other action to neutralize before additional processing takes place, but the list is incomplete, leading to resultant weaknesses. Developers often try to protect their products against malicious input by performing tests against inputs that are known to be bad, such as special characters that can invoke new commands. However, such lists often only account for the most well-known bad inputs. Attackers may be able to find other malicious inputs that were not expected by the developer, allowing them to bypass the intended protection mechanism.

CVE-2026-11918 has been classified to as a Denylist / Deny List vulnerability or weakness.

Products Associated with CVE-2026-11918

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Affected Versions

Exploit Probability

EPSS

0.16%

Percentile

4.90%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.