CVE-2026-95696 IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Denial of Service

What is CVE-2026-95696?

CVE-2026-95696 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 13 Oct 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 20.0.0.12 through 26.0.0.10 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to an uncaught exception.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-95696?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.

How do I fix CVE-2026-95696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-95696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-95696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-95696 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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5fmc-fgcm-wfm8.