Vulnerability · Published Aug 12, 2026 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2026-7366IBM DataPower Gateway affected by HTTP request header leakage in XML-Firewall
Medium 4.2
In plain English
A medium-severity race condition in DataPower Gateway 10.5.0 from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
IBM DataPower Gateway 11.0.0.0 through 11.0.0.1 and IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5.0.0 through 10.5.0.21 and IBM DataPower Gateway 10.6.0.0 through 10.6.0.9 allows a race condition that results in improper isolation of request state when handling the built‑in X‑Client‑IP header. Under concurrent request processing, X‑Client‑IP values may be contaminated across requests, enabling IP spoofing and disclosure of other clients’ IP addresses.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | DataPower Gateway 11.0.0 | 11.0.0.0 – through 11.0.0.1 |
| IBM | DataPower Gateway 10.5.0 | 10.5.0.0 – through 10.5.0.21 |
| IBM | DataPower Gateway 10.6.0 | 10.6.0.0 – through 10.6.0.9 |
Weakness: CWE-362 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7282770 vendor-advisory, patch