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

What is CVE-2026-14525?

CVE-2026-14525 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 13 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

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.

Weakness: CWE-306

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14525?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.

How do I fix CVE-2026-14525?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14525 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2026-14525 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14525 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server

• CVE-2015-1920 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2013-0462 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-1377 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3186 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-1899 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 10.0

All Ibm Websphere Application Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fpr6-jmjm-9r5g.