CVE-2018-1755

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-08-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by incorrect transport being used when Liberty is configured to use Java Authentication SPI for Containers (JASPIC). This can happen when the Application Server is configured to permit access on non-secure (http) port and using JASPIC or JSR375 authentication.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: all versions

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105150
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041558
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148597
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10728689
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105150
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041558
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148597
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10728689

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