2026-06-22 14:21CVE-2026-9072ibm
PUBLISHED5.2ApplicationCWE-94

IBM i is Affected By Denial of Service, HTTP Request Smuggling, and Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty [, , , , ]

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3, IBM WebSphere Application Server, and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty - when using Intelligent Management with the WebSphere WebServer Plug-in component - are vulnerable to remote code execution and denial of service. This vulnerability can be exploited when an attacker impersonates backend servers and sends crafted responses to the plug-in.

Problem type

Affected products

IBM

i

<= 1.8.4 - AFFECTED

7.5.0 - AFFECTED

7.4.0 - AFFECTED

7.3.0 - AFFECTED

References

GitHub Security Advisories

GHSA-m4cj-h36g-cxjg

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3, IBM WebSphere Application Server, and IBM WebSphere Application...

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m4cj-h36g-cxjg

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3, IBM WebSphere Application Server, and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty - when using Intelligent Management with the WebSphere WebServer Plug-in component - are vulnerable to remote code execution and denial of service. This vulnerability can be exploited when an attacker impersonates backend servers and sends crafted responses to the plug-in.

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https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-9072
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