CVE-2016-5986

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
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: 2016-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 7.x before 7.0.0.43, 8.0.x before 8.0.0.13, 8.5.x before 8.5.5.11, 9.0.x before 9.0.0.2, and Liberty before 16.0.0.3 mishandles responses, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: 7.0, 7.0.0.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.2, 7.0.0.3, 7.0.0.4 (+62)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI67093
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990056
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93013
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036838
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI67093
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990056
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93013
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036838

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