CVE-2026-17493 PUBLISHED

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge is vulnerable to a D.O.S. in Unpacker.

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 26.07.2026 Published: 04.11.2026 Updated: 04.11.2026

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge 4.0.0 through 5.4.0 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to an out-of-bounds read.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	IBM
Product	Watson Speech Services Cartridge
Versions	affected from 4.0.0 to 5.4.0 (incl.)

Solutions

Product(s)Version(s)Remediation/Fix/InstructionsIBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge5.4.0 Patch 8 The fix in 5.4.0 Patch 8 applies to all versions listed (4.0.0-5.4.0). The newest version of 5.4.0 with the included Patch 8 can be downloaded and installed from: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/5.4.x

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7293511

Problem Types

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read CWE