IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0, and 8.5 could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication by sending a crafted unauthenticated request.
CVE-2026-16184
Score 7.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-28. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.0; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.0
- EG Score
- 7.0(high)
- EG Risk
- 32(Track)EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity70% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 24%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 28, 2026
Last Modified
July 29, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Jul 28, 2026Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server is affected by an authentication bypass (CVE-2026-16184)
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7281628Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16184(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 21× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-02 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-02 01:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-01 13:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-01 13:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-01 04:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-01 01:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 13:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-31 01:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-31 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-30 13:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-30 13:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 01:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-30 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-29 13:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-29 13:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-29 08:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-29 08:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-28 20:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-28 20:05 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-28 20:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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- CVE-2011-4183NVD 6.5EG 9.8CRITICAL
- CVE-2018-10251EG 9.8EPSS p91CRITICAL
- CVE-2018-1217EG 9.8EPSS p99CRITICAL
- CVE-2018-0015EG 9.8CRITICAL
- CVE-2017-12582EG 9.8CRITICAL
- CVE-2017-1000056EG 9.8CRITICAL
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