CVE-2009-3106
The Servlet Engine/Web Container component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.0.2 before 6.0.2.37 does not properly implement…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Servlet Engine/Web Container component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.0.2 before 6.0.2.37 does not properly implement security constraints on the (1) doGet and (2) doTrace methods, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTTP HEAD request to a Web Application.
Timeline
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References3
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006876 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- was-doget-dotrace-security-bypass(53051) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- PK83258 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3089 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-3106)Record last updated .