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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2026-9171

CVE-2026-9171

HIGH7.5

Vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Application affects IBM PowerVM Novalink.

Published Jul 17, 2026

Modified 2 months ago

Details

IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Liberty are 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

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9171

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7280226

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

7.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management

Resource Exhaustion

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJul 17, 2026

ModifiedJul 30, 2026

CVE-2026-9171 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence