CVE-2006-2436
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD
WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2 (or any earlier cumulative fix) stores admin and LDAP passwords in plaintext in the FFDC logs when a login to WebSphere fails, which allows attackers to gain privileges.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.0% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-2437)
- Published
- May 17, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-2437 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- IBM WebSphere Application Server V5.0.2.8 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0082-2004 - archived
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0175.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20032(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/910
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27006881(Patch)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PK17589&apar=only(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1736
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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