# CVE-2026-14435: IBM Turbonomic kubeturbo agent used by IBM Turbonomic Application Resource Management is affected by a vulnerability

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-08. Updated: 2026-11-08.

IBM Turbonomic kubeturbo agent 8.16.0 through 8.20.3 does not validate or improperly validates TLS certificate validation, which could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.

## Remediation

- fix: IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by re-installing a version of kubeturbo with the required fix.

Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/InstructionsIBM Turbonomic kubeturbo agent8.20.4Follow the  kubeturbo installation instructions https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/tarm/8.20.4  from the IBM Turbonomic documentation (source: CNA: ibm)
- fix: The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches. (source: CNA: ibm) — https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7290683

## Affected products and versions

- IBM / Turbonomic kubeturbo agent: ≥ 8.16.0; ≤ 8.20.3 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: ibm

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 5.9 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N; source: CNA: ibm

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-295

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7290683 (CNA: ibm; vendor-advisory, patch)

## Provenance

- CNA: ibm: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14435; retrieved 2026-11-08; source updated 2026-11-08

Revision: 1bb204ee9d5eea5bb76ef12ce01cfb38e03f56df56f6bd179c3edd83fd0d09f2

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