Affects IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty, a widely deployed enterprise app server; CSRF enabling SSRF with elevated privileges can lead to data access and lateral movement.
CVE-2026-14980
CSRF in IBM WebSphere Liberty enabling privileged SSRF (collectiveController-1.0).
Is CVE-2026-14980 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-14980 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.24% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-14980?
CVE-2026-14980 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.3. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-14980?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-14980. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-14980 affect?
CVE-2026-14980 affects IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.8, feature: collectiveController-1.0. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-14980?
Apply vendor patch when released or disable collectiveController-1.0 until patched.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
CSRF can be abused to perform SSRF with elevated privileges, enabling server-side requests, data access, and lateral movement.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 17.0.0.3 and <= 26.0.0.8
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.