Description
IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.8 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation when using Liberty collectives.
Affected products
ibm: websphere application server
References1
- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283489 Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
-
8.1
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 37 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-285
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