Server-Side Request Forgery in IBM Application Gateway Operator (CVE-2026-17617)

IBM Application Gateway Operator is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) due to insufficient validation of URLs specified in custom resources (CWE-918). An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this to induce the server to make requests to unintended destinations, with potential for high confidentiality impact and limited integrity impact across a changed scope. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N). Affected versions: - 22.2 - 26.06 We recommend updating to: 26.07.01. CVSS 9.8 · our assessment: act_now Reference: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7282296 Details: https://vuln.today/cve/CVE-2026-17617