CVE-2009-2088

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The Servlet Engine/Web Container component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 before 6.1.0.25 and 7.0 before 7.0.0.5, when SPNEGO Single Sign-on (SSO) and disableSecurityPreInvokeOnFilters are configured, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a request for a "secure URL," related to a certain invokefilterscompatibility property.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: 6.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.0.0, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.2, 6.1.0.3 (+25)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24022479
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK77465
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52079
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24022479
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK77465
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52079

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