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ContextForge MCP Gateway CVE-2026-18489

| EUVDEUVD-2026-71604 HIGH
Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session (CWE-488)
2026-09-04 ibm GHSA-x9rc-p36x-296j
7.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: ibm
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Vendor (ibm) PRIMARY
7.4 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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7.4 HIGH

AV:N and PR:N for network-accessible unauthenticated gateway; AC:H for required concurrent-session timing condition; C:H/I:H for bidirectional session data exposure and injection; A:N as no availability impact is described.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (ibm).

CVSS VectorVendor: ibm

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Sep 04, 2026 - 17:06 vuln.today
CVE Published
Sep 04, 2026 - 16:23 cve.org
HIGH 7.4

DescriptionCVE.org

IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway - Translate utility <= 1.0.8 MCP Context Forge could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information from other sessions due to exposure of data elements to the wrong session.

AnalysisAI

Session isolation failure in IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway - Translate Utility (≤ 1.0.8) permits unauthenticated remote attackers to access session data belonging to other users and potentially inject content into those sessions, due to improper enforcement of session boundaries (CWE-488). The CVSS AC:H metric indicates exploitation depends on specific timing or concurrency conditions - likely a race condition or shared mutable state in multi-tenant request handling - rather than a trivially triggerable flaw. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires the attacker to be able to reach the IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway Translate utility over the network (AV:N), and a concurrent or near-concurrent legitimate user session must be in flight on the same gateway instance at the time of the attack - this is the condition implied by AC:H (high attack complexity). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment IBM assigned CVSS 7.4 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N). … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Apply the vendor-released patch documented in IBM Security Advisory https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7286056. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours, identify all systems running IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway Translate Utility versions 1.0.8 or earlier and evaluate network exposure; immediately restrict access to trusted networks until patching is complete. …

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