What is CVE-2026-95696?

CVE-2026-95696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Application Server - Liberty, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-10-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-95696?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in IBM Websphere Application Server - Liberty

CVE-2026-95696

IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 20.0.0.12 through 26.0.0.10 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to an uncaught exception.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2026-10-13 · last modified 2026-10-14.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

IBM Websphere Application Server - Liberty

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7292228 (vendor-advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-95696?: CVE-2026-95696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Application Server - Liberty, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-10-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-95696?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.