CVE-2009-2088
The Servlet Engine/Web Container component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 before 6.1.0.25 and 7.0 before 7.0.0.5, when SPNEGO Single Sign-on (SSO) and disableSecurityPreInvokeOnFilters are configured, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a request for a "secure URL," related to a certain invokefilterscompatibility property.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 2.4% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2084)
- Published
- August 13, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2084 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
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
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- ibm / websphere application server
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- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
- ibm / websphere application server
Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1.0.2 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0013-2007 - archived
- IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.1.0.2 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0012-2007 - archived
- IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V6.1.0.2 - IBM Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0014-2007 - archived
References
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24022479(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951(Patch)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463(Patch)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK77465
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52079
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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