Privilege Escalation in IBM WebSphere AppSrv Liberty 17.0.0.3-26.0.0.3
CVE-2025-14915 Published on March 25, 2026

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability
IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 26.0.0.3 IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by privilege escalation. A privileged user could gain additional access to the application server.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-14915 can be exploited with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

CVE-2025-14915 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-14915

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Affected Versions

IBM WebSphere Application Server - Liberty:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.03%
Percentile
6.94%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.