Security Bulletin: Due to use of spring-security-core-6.5.9.jar, IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services is vulnerable to a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition — CVE-2026-22751

Summary

CVE-2026-22751 is a advisory from IBM. Security Bulletin: Due to use of spring-security-core-6.5.9.jar, IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services is vulnerable to a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition Severity/Threat: medium.

Product

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

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