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IBMCVE-2026-9171

IBM PowerVM Novalink: denial of service

High7.5CVE-2026-9171 · Published Jul 17, 2026 · updated Aug 11, 2026

IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Liberty are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources.

IBM advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
PowerVM Novalink
Product
<= 2.2.02.2.12.2.1.1No fix yet
<= 2.3.02.3.0.12.3.12.3.2No fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-400

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