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IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 < 26.0.0.12 (7295371)

high Nessus Plugin ID 379766

Synopsis

The remote web application server is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 7295371 advisory.

 - Hibernate Validator could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to uncontrolled resource consumption resulting from improper escaping of user-controlled data in Expression Language (EL) expressions. (CVE-2026-93879)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty version 26.0.0.12 or later.

See Also

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295371

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 379766

File Name: websphere_liberty_7295371.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Remote

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Web Servers

Published: 11/12/2026

Updated: 11/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.87

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-93879

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server

Required KB Items: installed_sw/IBM WebSphere Application Server

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-93879