CVE-2025-14914 (GCVE-0-2025-14914)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-02-02 15:17
Modified
2026-02-26 15:04
Severity ?
7.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.1 could allow a privileged user to upload a zip archive containing path traversal sequences resulting in an overwrite of files leading to arbitrary code execution.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Version: 17.0.0.3   ≤ 26.0.0.1
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:17.0.0.3:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:25.0.0.7:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
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