CVE-2026-14981

HIGH

IBM WebSphere Application Server and Liberty - HTTP Channel Denial of Service

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0, and 8.5 and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.7 are affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the HTTP channel due to unbounded allocation of resources without limits.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7281625

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0026
EPSS Percentile 18.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (3)
IBM/WebSphere Application Server 8.5
IBM/WebSphere Application Server 9.0
IBM/WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 - 26.0.0.7
Published Jul 28, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 29, 2026