CVE-2026-79715 (GCVE-0-2026-79715)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-13 20:14 – Updated: 2026-10-13 20:14
VLAI
Title
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Path Traversal
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.9 could allow a local attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could use a specially crafted application archive to write files outside the intended directory.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
ibm CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 88/100 over 1242 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291394 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty Affected: 17.0.0.3 , ≤ 26.0.0.9 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server_liberty:17.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server_liberty:26.0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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