Uncontrolled Recursion in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty - CVE-2026-16192

 

Uncontrolled Recursion in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty - CVE-2026-16192

Published: August 12, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU141561
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-16192
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability occurs when the restConnector-2.0 feature is enabled. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
Enterprise Application Runtimes
WebSphere Hybrid Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2026-16192

Install updates from vendor's website.


External References

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