IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation resource consumption
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation. It has been declared as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-12759. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to uncontrolled resource consumption.
The advisory is available at ibm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-12759 since 06/19/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/14/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 6.5
CNA Vector (ibm): 🔒
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Exploiting
Class: Resource consumptionCWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Timeline
06/19/2026 CVE reserved09/14/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/14/2026 VulDB entry created
09/14/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-12759 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-12759
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-403794
Entry
Created: 09/14/2026 23:37Changes: 09/14/2026 23:37 (61)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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