CVE-2026-14446

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-07-28. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0, and 8.5 is vulnerable to broken access control/privilege escalation in the administrative console.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
—
EPSS %ILE
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KEV
Not listed

Published

July 28, 2026

Last Modified

July 28, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 28, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server is affected by a privilege escalation (CVE-2026-14446)

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7281631

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-14446(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 7× in last 7d / 7× 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.

  1. 2026-07-29 09:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-29 05:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-29 01:34 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-29 01:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-28 21:25 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-28 21:02 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-28 21:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-14446?
CVE-2026-14446 is a critical vulnerability published on July 28, 2026. IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0, and 8.5 is vulnerable to broken access control/privilege escalation in the administrative console.
When was CVE-2026-14446 disclosed?
CVE-2026-14446 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-14446?
CVE-2026-14446 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-14446?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-14446, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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