CVE-2025-14914 (GCVE-0-2025-14914)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-02 15:17 – Updated: 2026-02-03 04:55
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Title
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Path Traversal
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.1 could allow a privileged user to upload a zip archive containing path traversal sequences resulting in an overwrite of files leading to arbitrary code execution.
Severity ?
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Affected: 17.0.0.3 , ≤ 26.0.0.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:17.0.0.3:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:25.0.0.7:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
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