Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-8850

High

Published: 26 May 2026

Published
26 May 2026
Modified
26 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0038 29.7th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-8850 is a high-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Ibm Http Server. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 29.7th 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 is vulnerable to denial of service via the optional module mod_ibm_upload.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
Why these techniques?

NULL pointer dereference in public-facing IBM HTTP Server module directly enables application/system exploitation for DoS impact.

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.

References