CVE-2026-8850

high

Published 2026-05-26 · Modified 2026-05-26

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

IBM HTTP Server 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to denial of service via the optional module mod_ibm_upload.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
linux-kernel	-	not-affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ibm	http_server	`{"startIncluding":"8.5.0.0","endExcluding":"8.5.5.30"}`	`8.5.5.30`

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7274065

CWEs

CWE-476

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.