SB2026020641 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
Published: February 6, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Improper certificate validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-61727)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists in crypto/x509 due to incorrect handling of wildcard SANs in the leaf certificate when processing excluded constraint in a certificate chain. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted certificate and bypass implemented domain restrictions and perform MitM or phishing attacks.
2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-61729)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the HostnameError.Error() function in crypto/x509 when printing error string for host certificate validation. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted certificate to the application and trigger resource exhaustion, leading to a denial of service condition.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.