CVE-2026-11897

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Description

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.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.5 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Analyzed

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-07-30 15:16:24.143000

Last modified

2026-10-23 22:10:00.160000

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  "published": "2026-07-30T15:16:24.143",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-23T22:10:00.160",
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