🛡️ CVE-2026-14980 — websphere-application-server

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-14980 is classified as CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management. Privileges are assigned, dropped or restored incorrectly, leaving an actor with more access than intended.

Affected software

CVE-2026-14980 is recorded against 1 package.

• websphere-application-server (from 17.0.0.3 up to 26.0.0.9)

Timeline and source

Published on 30 July 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.ibm.com

Other advisories for this package

websphere-application-server has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-8400 (8.1 High, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-11383 (5.4 Medium, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-11707 (9.3 Critical, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-9322 (7.5 High, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-11897 (7.5 High, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-10842 (7.5 High, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-11536 (8.5 High, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-2482 (3.1 Low, published 29 Jul 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management) in other software:

• CVE-2025-54996 (8.0 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2020-7938 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-22513 (2.0 Low, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-38487 (7.0 High, published 16 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-31272 (7.8 High, published 11 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-5088 (8.3 High, published 5 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-43306 (7.8 High, published 26 May 2026)
• CVE-2025-13618 (9.8 Critical, published 5 May 2026)

Details

Affected Packages

References