CVE-2006-7164: IBM WebSphere Application Server

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SimpleFileServlet in IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.1 through 5.0.2.7 on Linux and UNIX does not block certain invalid URIs and does not issue a security challenge, which allows remote attackers to read secure files and obtain sensitive information via certain requests.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Application Server: version 5.0.1 only; version 5.0.2 only; version 5.0.2.1 only; version 5.0.2.2 only; version 5.0.2.3 only; version 5.0.2.4 only; …

Published 2007-03-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.