What is CVE-2026-14514?

CVE-2026-14514 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2026-14514?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology

CVE-2026-14514

IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology (RSCT) 3.0 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted request due improper input validation.

Published 2026-08-19 · last modified 2026-09-04.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Affected products

IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology — versions 3.2, 3.3
IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology (Rsct) — versions 3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283963 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-14514?: CVE-2026-14514 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2026-14514?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.