CVE-2026-14981

WebSphere Application Server · Vulnerability

CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGHCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

Original advisory

cve-program · CVE-2026-14981

Published

IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty are affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the HTTP channel due to unbounded allocation of resources without limits.

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Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2026-14981

Published

WebSphere Application Server

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "IBM",
                    "product": "WebSphere Application Server",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "9.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "8.5"
                        }
                    ],
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                        "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                        "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                        "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
                    ]
                }

WebSphere Application Server - Liberty

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "IBM",
                    "product": "WebSphere Application Server - Liberty",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "17.0.0.3",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "26.0.0.7",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        }
                    ],
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server___liberty:17.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                        "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server___liberty:26.0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
                    ]
                }

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