Vulnerability · Published Aug 13, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-14525IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by an authenication bypass

Critical 9.4

In plain English

A critical-severity missing authentication 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 46% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.4Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 53.8% 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 26.0.0.8 IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to an authentication bypass when the rtcomm-1.0 or rtcommGateway-1.0 feature is enabled.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	WebSphere Application Server - Liberty	17.0.0.3 – through 26.0.0.8

Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283488 vendor-advisory, patch