CVE-2026-9171

IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Liberty are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7280226	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_novalink:2.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_novalink:2.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_novalink:2.2.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_novalink:2.3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_novalink:2.3.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_novalink:2.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_novalink:2.3.2:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-17 19:17

Updated : 2026-08-11 23:28

NVD link : CVE-2026-9171

Mitre link : CVE-2026-9171

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-9171

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

powervm_novalink

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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