CVE-2026-14525 (GCVE-0-2026-14525)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 19:37 – Updated: 2026-08-15 03:55
VLAI
Title
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by an authenication bypass
Summary
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.
Severity
9.4 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-14 00:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
ibm CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 88/100 over 1651 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283488 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty Affected: 17.0.0.3 , ≤ 26.0.0.8 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server_liberty:17.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server_liberty:26.0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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