CVE-2026-82418 PUBLISHED

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge is vulnerable to a Use After Free condition in cryptography wheels OpenSSL

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 28.08.2026 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 execute arbitrary code due to a use-after-free vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

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

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. 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/7293510

Problem Types

CWE-416 Use After Free CWE