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CVE-2026-15396 IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0, and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through…

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0, and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.8 are vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper parsing of the HTTP transfer-encoding request header. By sending a specially crafted HTTP transfer-encoding request header, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
WebSphere Application Server 9.0 No fix stated
WebSphere Application Server 8.5 No fix stated
WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0 17.0.0.3 → 26.0.0.5 No fix stated
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