Description
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources.
Affected products
ibm: websphere application server
References1
- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7246549 Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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4.9
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 25 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-770
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