# CVE-2026-14521: IBM DataPower Gateway affected by server-side request forgery

> An authenticated attacker can exploit SSRF in IBM DataPower Gateway to send unauthorized requests, enabling network enumeration and facilitating further attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qpv3-q3xm-473g

## What is CVE-2026-14521?

CVE-2026-14521 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Ibm Datapower Gateway, published on 8 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5.0.0 through 10.5.0.22, 10.6.1 through 10.6.6, 10.6.0.0 through 10.6.0.10, and 11.0.0.0 through 11.0.0.2 is vulnerable to server-side request forgery (SSRF). This may allow an authenticated attacker to send unauthorized requests from the system, potentially leading to network enumeration or facilitating other attacks.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14521?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Datapower Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-14521?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14521 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-14521 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14521 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Datapower Gateway

- [CVE-2026-14269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14269/): IBM DataPower Gateway Buffer Overflow (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-14502](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14502/): IBM DataPower Gateway Improper Authentication (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-14991](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14991/): IBM DataPower Gateway Out-of-bounds Write (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-14992](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14992/): IBM DataPower Gateway Out-of-bounds Write (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-15762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15762/): IBM DataPower Gateway Out-of-bounds Write (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-14521 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-14521 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Ibm Datapower Gateway, published on 8 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14521 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Datapower Gateway. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14521/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14521/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14521
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14521
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-14521

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14521/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.