CVE-2026-8835

IBM HTTP Server 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to invalid pointer dereference. A privileged user, authenticated to the Administration Server, could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or cause a denial of service.

CVSS v3 7.3 HIGH

7.3^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7274065	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:http_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:http_server::::::::

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:z\/os:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-26 18:16

Updated : 2026-07-23 11:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-8835

Mitre link : CVE-2026-8835

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-8835

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

ibm

http_server
aix
z\/os

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-822

Untrusted Pointer Dereference

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