CVE-2026-14976: websphere application server from 17.0.0.3 (inclusive), before 26.0.0.9 (exclusive); +1 more affected products

CVE-2026-14976. CVSS 3.1 base score 9.8 (CRITICAL, NVD). EPSS 0.00613 (percentile 0.48698), scored 22-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

websphere application server · from 17.0.0.3 (inclusive), before 26.0.0.9 (exclusive)
ibm

WebSphere Application Server - Liberty · 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.8
IBM

Description’s affected range: through 26.0.0.8 is affected by remote code execution with the collectiveController-1.0 feature enabled

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Adjacent network · No privileges required · User interaction required

Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.1/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 9.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.

Published 24-Oct-2026 01:43 UTC

CWE: CWE-306
CCR priority: 39.4 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · NVD
EPSS: 0.00613 · percentile 0.48698 · 2026-10-22
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-24 01:40:49.068977+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-14976.html