Answer in brief
CVE-2026-15396 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty HTTP Request Smuggling. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps IBM/WebSphere Application Server (generic), IBM/WebSphere Application Server - Liberty (generic), IBM/WebSphere Application Server - Liberty (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps IBM/WebSphere Application Server (generic), IBM/WebSphere Application Server - Liberty (generic), IBM/WebSphere Application Server - Liberty (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| IBM/WebSphere Application Servergeneric | 9.0 || 8.5 | Not reported |
| IBM/WebSphere Application Server - Libertygeneric | >=19.0.0.7 <=26.0.0.5 | Not reported |
| IBM/WebSphere Application Server - Libertygeneric | >=17.0.0.3 <=26.0.0.5 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 14, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 22, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 14, 2026
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0, and IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.8 are vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper parsing of the HTTP transfer-encoding request header. By sending a specially crafted HTTP transfer-encoding request header, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
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