CVE-2026-11549 (GCVE-0-2026-11549)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-18 19:06
Modified
2026-10-22 18:53
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0, and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.8 are affected by a virtual host bypass vulnerability.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM WebSphere Application Server Version: 9.0
Version: 8.5
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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   IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty Version: 17.0.0.3   ≤ 26.0.0.5
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server_liberty:17.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server_liberty:26.0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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