Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-8834

High

Published: 26 May 2026

Published
26 May 2026
Modified
26 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0026 17.1th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-8834 is a high-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Ibm Http Server. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 17.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

IBM HTTP Server 8.5, and 9.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. A privileged user, authenticated to the Administration Server, could exploit this vulnerability to execute remote code or cause a denial of service.

CWE(s)
CWE-122

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Buffer overflow in admin server component directly enables remote code execution via exploitation of a server application.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

ibm
http server
8.5.0.0 — 8.5.5.30 · 9.0.0.0 — 9.0.5.29

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

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