Vulnerability · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-16182IBM DataPower Gateway NULL Pointer Dereference

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference 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 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5.0.0 through 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 NULL pointer dereference in GraphQL variable processing.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM DataPower Gateway 10.6CD 10.6.1 – through 10.6.6
IBM DataPower Gateway 10.6.0 10.6.0.0 – through 10.6.0.10
IBM DataPower Gateway 11.0.0 11.0.0.0 – through 11.0.0.2
IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5.0 10.5.0.0 – through 10.5.0.22

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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