SB2026022442 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Observability with Instana
Published: February 24, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 25 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31449)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input. A remote user with ability to influence data input can pass a specially crafted Lua script to the database, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25062)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in xmlValidatePopElement when using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML document to the application, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
3) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-47273)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in package_index.py. A remote attacker can trick the victim into installing a specially crafted script and overwrite arbitrary files on the system, leading to code execution.
4) XML External Entity injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-54988)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input within the PDF parser module. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.
5) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-50059)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Networking component in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information.
6) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-50106)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the 2D component in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.
7) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8916)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Security and Provisioning (Bouncy Castle Java Library) component in Oracle Essbase. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform service disruption.
8) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5115)
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 when handling HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
9) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-30749)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the 2D component in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.
10) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47874)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application treats multipart/form-data parts without a filename as text form fields and buffers those in byte strings with no size limit. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
11) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-25724)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing .tar files within the list_item_verbose() function in tar/util.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted archive, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
12) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1135)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests when handling Transfer-Encoding headers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.
13) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-57810)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the addImage method. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
14) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6021)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the xmlBuildQName() function in tree.c . A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
15) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6827)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to Gunicorn does not properly validate the value of the 'Transfer-Encoding' header as specified in the RFC standards, which leads to the default fallback method of 'Content-Length,' making it vulnerable to TE.CL request smuggling. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and initiate cache poisoning, data exposure, session manipulation, SSRF, XSS, DoS, data integrity compromise, security bypass, information leakage, and business logic abuse.
16) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-55199)
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. A remote attacker can craft a JSON Schema file in a manner which could cause Helm to use all available memory and have an out of memory (OOM) termination.
17) Use of uninitialized resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-55198)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to an improper validation of type error can lead to a panic when parsing Chart.yaml and index.yaml files. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger uninitialized usage of resources and bypass implemented security mechanisms.
18) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-46981)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when handling Lua script commands. A remote user can pass a specially crafted Lua script to the application and execute arbitrary code on the system..
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
19) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52533)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error in gio/gsocks4aproxy.c when handling responses from SOCKS4 proxy. A remote attacker can trick the victim into connecting to a malicious SOCKS4 proxy server, trigger an off-by-one error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
20) Use of insufficiently random values (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52615)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DNS spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the application relies on fixed source ports for wide-area DNS queries. A remote attacker can guess the port used to initiate the DNS query and perform spoofing attack.
21) Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49574)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when duplicating a duplicated context. A remote user can gain access to sensitive information, such as request scope, security details, and metadata.
22) Prototype pollution (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-57319)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform prototype pollution, which can result in information disclosure or data manipulation.
23) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49844)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error. A remote user can use a specially crafted Lua script to manipulate the garbage collector and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
24) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-59343)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to symlink validation bypass if the destination directory is predictable with a specific tarball. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.
25) Type confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-7424)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error in xmlNode.psvi. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML input to the application, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
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