CVE-2026-18486: IBM Contextforge

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway <= v1.0.7 MCP Context Forge could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive credentials and escalate privileges due to improper validation of jq filters.

Affected products

• IBM Contextforge: up to and including 1.0.7

Published 2026-09-04. Last modified 2026-09-15.