Security Bulletin: A Security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server bundled with IBM WebSphere Application Server Patterns and IBM WebSphere Application Server for Cloud (CVE-2016-1151)

Summary

There is a potential privilege escalation vulnerability in traditional WebSphere Application Server shipped with WebSphere Patterns when using the OpenID Connect (OIDC) Trust Association Interceptor (TAI). This does not affect WebSphere Application Server Liberty.

Vulnerability Details

Consult the security bulletin: Security Bulletin: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2017-1151) for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

Affected Products and Versions

This vulnerability affects the following versions and releases of IBM WebSphere Application Server:

• Version 9.0
• Version 8.5
• Version 8.0