IBM DataPower 10.511.0 DoS via Type Confusion
CVE-2026-16111 Published on October 8, 2026

IBM DataPower Gateway Type Confusion
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 denial of service due to a type confusion flaw.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-16111 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is an Object Type Confusion Vulnerability?

The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

CVE-2026-16111 has been classified to as an Object Type Confusion vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-16111

Want to know whenever a new CVE is published for IBM products? stack.watch will email you.

 
 
 
 

Affected Versions

IBM DataPower Gateway 10.6CD: IBM DataPower Gateway 10.6.0: IBM DataPower Gateway 11.0.0: IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5.0: