SB2026021247 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge 

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SB2026021247 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge

Published: February 12, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026021247
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Excessive Iteration (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-62707)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive iteration. A remote attacker can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop. This requires parsing the content stream of a page which has an inline image using the DCTDecode filter.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-62708)

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 LZWDecode filter. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PDF file to the application, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References