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CVE-2026-11806 (GCVE-0-2026-11806)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-30 19:43 – Updated: 2026-07-02 03:56
VLAI
Title
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by a an arbitrary file read vulnerability
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.6 is affected by an arbitrary file read vulnerability with the restConnector-2.0 feature enabled.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-01 00:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7277536 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty Affected: 17.0.0.3 , ≤ 26.0.0.6 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server___liberty:17.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server___liberty:26.0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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