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CVE-2026-15396

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 73/100
Published: 2026-09-14 Modified: 2026-10-22 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: Low
I: Low
A: None

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

73 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

6.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.37%
Raw Score 0.003670
Percentile 30.5%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00367
2026-10-28
0.00367

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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