Vulnerability · Published Jul 30, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-11897IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by a denial of service vulnerability with HTTP/2

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity resource allocation without limits 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 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.8% 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 26.0.0.7 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 – through 26.0.0.7

Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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