CVE-2014-8890

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-12-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile 8.5.x before 8.5.5.4 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging the combination of a servlet's deployment descriptor security constraints and ServletSecurity annotations.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: 8.5.0.0, 8.5.0.1, 8.5.0.2, 8.5.5.0, 8.5.5.1, 8.5.5.2 (+1)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI29911
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21690185
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21963275
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71834
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033384
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99009
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI29911
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21690185
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21963275
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71834
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033384
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99009

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