Vulnerability · Published Jul 30, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-14980IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by a cross-site request forgery

High 8.3

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement 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 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.6% 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 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to perform SSRF attacks with elevated privileges when the collectiveController-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-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7281651 vendor-advisory, patch