IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0, and 8.5 and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.6 are affected by an HTTP request smuggling vulnerability.
CVE-2026-11541
Score 7.4 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-01. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 2.4.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 7.4(medium)
- EPSS
- 33.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 30, 2026
Last Modified
July 2, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Jul 3, 2026Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Liberty are affected by HTTP request smuggling (CVE-2026-11541)
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7277550Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-11541(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 32× in last 7d / 32× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-06 22:33 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-06 22:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 09:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-06 09:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 20:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-05 20:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-05 07:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-05 07:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 18:14 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-04 18:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 05:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-04 05:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-03 15:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-03 15:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-03 04:38 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 9.8 · severity → CRITICAL
- 2026-07-03 02:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-03 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-02 13:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-02 13:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-02 00:45 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-07-02 00:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 11:38 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-01 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-30 22:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-30 22:33 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked
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