CVE-2026-14981

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-28. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: 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 and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.7 are affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the HTTP channel due to unbounded allocation of resources without limits.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
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
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
18%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 28, 2026

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

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

Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Liberty are affected by multiple vulnerabilities

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7281625

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-14981(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 22× in last 7d / 93× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 175 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-15 08:35 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-15 08:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-09-10 07:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  5. 2026-09-06 06:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  38. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  41. 2026-08-24 18:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  45. 2026-08-23 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-22 18:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  49. 2026-08-22 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-08-21 19:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  53. 2026-08-21 07:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-08-20 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-14981?
CVE-2026-14981 is a high vulnerability published on July 28, 2026. IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0, and 8.5 and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.7 are affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the HTTP channel due to unbounded allocation of resources without limits.
When was CVE-2026-14981 disclosed?
CVE-2026-14981 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 28, 2026, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-14981 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-14981 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 81.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-14981?
CVE-2026-14981 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-14981?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-14981, 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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