Affects IBM WebSphere, widely used enterprise middleware; admin impersonation across a cell can disrupt critical applications and operations.
CVE-2026-95680
Auth bypass in IBM WebSphere allows admin impersonation across the cell.
Is CVE-2026-95680 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-95680 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 0.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-95680?
CVE-2026-95680 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.0. 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-2026-95680?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-95680. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-95680 affect?
CVE-2026-95680 affects IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-95680?
Apply IBM security update immediately; restrict admin access and rotate credentials.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated attackers can bypass authorization to impersonate administrators across the cell, enabling full admin control, config changes, deployments, and persistence.
Immediate action required
- affected8.5
- affected9.0
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.