CVE-2026-11897 (GCVE-0-2026-11897)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-30 14:18
Modified
2026-07-30 17:37
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.7 is 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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty Version: 17.0.0.3   ≤ 26.0.0.7
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server_liberty:17.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server_liberty:26.0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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