What is CVE-2026-94402?

CVE-2026-94402 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM @Carbon/charts, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-10-20.

How severe is CVE-2026-94402?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in IBM @Carbon/charts

CVE-2026-94402

IBM Carbon Charts 0.4.0 through 1.27.19 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. The MeterChart component's Title.truncateTitle() function re-inserts a substring of user-supplied label text into the DOM via an unsanitized innerHTML write when the title exceeds the available container width. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser session.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-20 · last modified 2026-10-21.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291785 (vendor-advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-94402?: CVE-2026-94402 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM @Carbon/charts, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-10-20.
How severe is CVE-2026-94402?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.