CVE-2026-95696

Status: Undergoing AnalysisMedium (6.5)—

Severity6.5Medium · CVSS 3.1

Exploitation probability0.32 %higher than 23% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

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.

CVSS

Base score: 6.5
Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.32 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 23
Score date: 10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access92 %
Primary impactT1499 Endpoint Denial of Serviceimpact88 %

El vector AV:N/PR:N/UI:N permite explotación remota sin credenciales, y la descripción indica denegación de servicio por una excepción no capturada en WebSphere Liberty.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Filter Network Traffic Vulnerability Scanning Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Limit Access to Resource Over Network Application Isolation and Sandboxing

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

IBM — Websphere Application Server Liberty^AI

CWEs

CWE-400

References

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https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7292228

Raw JSON (NVD)

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