CVE-2026-14525 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0058.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Ibm	Websphere Application Server Liberty

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Vendors	Products
Ibm	Websphere Application Server Liberty

References

Link	Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283488

History

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by an authenication bypass
First Time appeared		Ibm Ibm websphere Application Server Liberty
Weaknesses		CWE-306
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server_liberty:17.0.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server_liberty:26.0.0.8:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Ibm Ibm websphere Application Server Liberty
References		https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283488
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2026-08-13T19:37:33.711Z

Updated: 2026-08-15T03:55:35.221Z

Reserved: 2026-07-02T20:05:30.973Z

Link: CVE-2026-14525

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T18:28:51.539Z

NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-08-13T20:17:14.250

Modified: 2026-08-15T04:18:06.787

Link: CVE-2026-14525

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T20:45:02Z

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