Vulnerability · Published Feb 2, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2025-14914IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Path Traversal

High 7.6

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal in WebSphere Application Server Liberty from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.6High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.1 could allow a privileged user to upload a zip archive containing path traversal sequences resulting in an overwrite of files leading to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	WebSphere Application Server Liberty	17.0.0.3 – through 26.0.0.1

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7258224 vendor-advisory, patch