CVE-2026-9072

WebSphere Application Server Remote Code Execution

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 8.1
EPSS: EPSS 0.72 % · percentile 54 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-06-22
Updated: 2026-07-09
Assigner: ibm
NVD status: Modified

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty - when using Intelligent Management with the WebSphere WebServer Plug-in component - are vulnerable to remote code execution and denial of service. This vulnerability can be exploited when an attacker impersonates backend servers and sends crafted responses to the plug-in.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	ibm
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · psirt@us.ibm.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL 9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-38286
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-9072

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-1165 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2026-AVI-0933 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2026-AVI-0834 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 7.3 ≤ 7.6

Affected products

Product	Versions
IBM · WebSphere Application Server	affected 8.5 ; affected 9.0

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7276560

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD