CVE-2026-14525 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-14525: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by an authenication bypass

Vendor Ibm

Product WebSphere Application Server - Liberty

Weakness CWE-306 · Missing auth

Published August 13, 2026

Last update August 13, 2026

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CVSS base score

9.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.8 IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to an authentication bypass when the rtcomm-1.0 or rtcommGateway-1.0 feature is enabled.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 13, 2026 CVE published

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14525 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html AskarLabs — CWE-306 write-up Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2026-14525

CWE CWE-306

CVSS 9.4 / CRITICAL

Affected versions