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AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Network-reachable smuggling but AC:H due to proxy/WebSphere parser-desync dependency; kept vendor PR:L and partial C:L/I:L with no availability impact, scope unchanged.
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IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0, and Liberty are vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling.
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HTTP request smuggling (CWE-444) in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0, and Liberty lets an authenticated, low-privileged remote attacker desynchronize HTTP request framing between WebSphere and an intermediary so that one user's request boundaries are misattributed on a shared connection. The issue only manifests when WebSphere sits behind or in front of a second HTTP parser (reverse proxy, load balancer, or CDN) that disagrees with WebSphere on Content-Length versus Transfer-Encoding chunked handling; a standalone WebSphere instance with no fronting or backend HTTP hop is not affected, and the 4.2 score reflects high attack complexity, partial confidentiality and integrity impact, and no availability or scope change. …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0, or Liberty deployed behind (or in front of) an intermediary - a reverse proxy, load balancer, or CDN - whose HTTP request framing (Content-Length vs Transfer-Encoding chunked handling) can be desynchronized from WebSphere's parser; smuggling has no effect on a single WebSphere instance with no fronting/backend HTTP hop. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | This is a genuine-but-low-priority issue. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
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| Remediation | Patch available per vendor advisory: IBM has published the remediation at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7287740, which lists the interim fix or fix pack for WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 and the corresponding Liberty fix pack - apply the level named there, since no exact fix version is exposed in the CVE metadata and should not be assumed. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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EUVD-2026-83030
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