CVE-2026-103499 (GCVE-0-2026-103499)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-13 13:46 – Updated: 2026-10-13 14:28
VLAI
Title
IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Liberty are affected by a denial of service
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.10 and IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, and 9.0 Liberty could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service due to uncontrolled resource consumption.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-13 14:05 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
ibm CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 88/100 over 1229 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7292214 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty Affected: 17.0.0.3 , ≤ 26.0.0.10 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server_liberty:17.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server_liberty:26.0.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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IBM WebSphere Application Server Affected: 8.5
Affected: 9.0
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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