CVE-2026-16428

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-14. A secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 IBM DataStage could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improper configuration of the XSLT transformation engine.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
44
EG Risk 44/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
43rd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 14, 2026

Last Modified

September 16, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 14, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Bulletin: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data has several vulnerabilities due to open source software

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7286562

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16428(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 27× in last 7d / 77× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-05 00:29 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-05 00:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-04 12:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-04 00:33 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-04 00:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-10-03 12:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-03 00:51 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-03 00:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-02 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-02 01:09 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-02 01:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-10-01 13:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-10-01 01:20 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-01 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-30 13:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-30 01:27 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-30 01:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-29 15:20 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-29 06:45 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-29 06:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-28 18:54 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-28 18:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-28 07:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-27 19:09 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-27 19:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-27 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-27 07:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-26 19:27 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-26 19:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-26 07:35 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-26 07:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-25 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-25 06:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-24 18:11 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-24 18:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-24 05:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-23 17:58 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-23 17:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-23 06:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-22 18:14 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-22 18:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-22 06:23 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-22 06:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-21 18:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-21 06:41 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-09-21 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-20 18:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-20 06:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-19 18:59 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-09-19 18:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-19 07:08 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-09-19 07:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-09-18 19:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-18 07:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-17 07:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-16 19:36 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-09-16 19:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-09-16 09:06 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-16 09:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-09-15 21:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-15 09:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-14 21:33 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-09-14 21:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-09-14 20:21 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-09-14 19:55 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-09-14 19:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16428?
CVE-2026-16428 is a high vulnerability published on September 14, 2026. IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 IBM DataStage could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improper configuration of the XSLT transformation engine.
When was CVE-2026-16428 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16428 was first published on September 14, 2026, with the most recent update on September 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16428 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16428 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (43rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16428?
CVE-2026-16428 has a CVSS base score of 8.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16428?
No fix for CVE-2026-16428 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-16428 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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