{"id":"CVE-2026-14981","title":"IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty are affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the HTTP channel due to unbounded allocation of resources without limits.","summary":"IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty are affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the HTTP channel due to unbounded allocation of resources without limits.","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-400"],"vendor":"ibm","product":"websphere_application_server","affected":["websphere_application_server >= 8.5.0.0, < 8.5.5.31","websphere_application_server >= 9.0.0.0, < 9.0.5.29","websphere_application_server >= 17.0.0.3, < 26.0.0.8"],"patched":["websphere_application_server 26.0.0.8"],"published":"2026-07-28","updated":"2026-09-23","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-23T21:16:57.523","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14981","references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7281625","label":"psirt@us.ibm.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-07-29T14:18:40.290373Z"},"epss":0.0046,"epssPercentile":0.37161,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-23T21:33:13.505Z","slug":"CVE-2026-14981","body":"## Overview\n\nIBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty are affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the HTTP channel due to unbounded allocation of resources without limits.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `websphere_application_server >= 8.5.0.0, < 8.5.5.31`\n- `websphere_application_server >= 9.0.0.0, < 9.0.5.29`\n- `websphere_application_server >= 17.0.0.3, < 26.0.0.8`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `websphere_application_server 26.0.0.8`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}