{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16185 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-16185 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-16185 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server, published on 14 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-16185 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-16185 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server, published on 14 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16185 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: IBM WebSphere Application Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16185/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16185/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-16185","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16185/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-16185","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9jxf-rvhw-hfpc"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WebSphere Application Server","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can bypass authentication on the admin console servlet, requiring administrators to apply vendor patches.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":6.4,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-862","name":"Missing Authorization"}],"description":"IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0, and 8.5 could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication on an admin console servlet.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"IBM WebSphere Application Server prior to 9.0.5.29 and 8.5.5.31 are affected by multiple vulnerabilities","id":"CVE-2026-16185","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"IBM WebSphere Application Server prior to 9.0.5.29 and 8.5.5.31 are affected by multiple vulnerabilities","id":"CVE-2026-16186"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"IBM WebSphere Application Server is affected by an authentication bypass","id":"CVE-2026-16184"},"products":["WebSphere Application Server"],"published":"2026-09-14","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-09-14","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can bypass authentication on the admin console servlet, requiring administrators to apply vendor patches.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16185/"}