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Critical 9.4Published Aug 13, 2026
CVE-2026-14525IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by an authenication bypass
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IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.8 IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to an authentication bypass when the rtcomm-1.0 or rtcommGateway-1.0 feature is enabled.
- CVSS
- 9.4 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-306
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- ibm
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty ibm:websphere_application_server_liberty | from 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.8 | CNA record |
ibm websphere_application_server ibm:websphere_application_server | from 17.0.0.3 before 26.0.0.9 | NVD |
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283488vendor-advisory, patch
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