Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-96146 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-96146 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-96146?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 8 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM SevOne Network Performance Management 7.0.0 through 8.2.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-96146?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-96146 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-96146?
- Check whether you run IBM SevOne Network Performance Management at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
Uncontrolled resource consumption in IBM SevOne Network Performance Management versions 7.0.0 through 8.2.2 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service. The vulnerability stems from insufficient resource limits or request validation, enabling an attacker to exhaust system resources and crash the monitoring platform.
Affected products
- IBM SevOne Network Performance Management 7.0.0 through 8.2.2
Timeline
- 2026-11-08: disclosed