01 Record
CVE-2026-14893
IBM Instana Observability is affected by multiple Prototype Pollution within Instana Agent container image
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score7.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
02 Description
IBM Instana Observability is affected by multiple Prototype Pollution within Instana Agent container image
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 26.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-23.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-07-28 20:36Z3 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-29 14:10Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-07-06
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1321Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')Variant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 525dc8fd04f6227460f26c4a1325e55e75c9c5a1aa448d23bf4e1106ae6d4689
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
07 Remediation
IBM strongly recommends addressing these vulnerabilities now by updating IBM Observability with Instana to the latest release as described here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability?topic=agents-updating-host Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation/Fixes/InstructionsIBM Observability with Instana (Agent)Build 1.0.303 to 1.0.320Build 1.0.321