CVE-2006-2436: IBM WebSphere Application Server

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Application Server: version 5.0.0 only; version 5.0.1 only; version 5.0.2 only

Published 2006-05-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.