Vulnerability · Published Jul 17, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-9171Vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Application affects IBM PowerVM Novalink.

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in PowerVM Novalink 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 46% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 53.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM PowerVM Novalink 2.2.02.2.12.2.1.12.3.02.3.0.12.3.12.3.2

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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