CVE-2009-2088: IBM WebSphere Application Server

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Servlet Engine/Web Container component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 before 6.1.0.25 and 7.0 before 7.0.0.5, when SPNEGO Single Sign-on (SSO) and disableSecurityPreInvokeOnFilters are configured, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a request for a "secure URL," related to a certain invokefilterscompatibility property.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Application Server: version 6.1 only; version 6.1.0 only; version 6.1.0.0 only; version 6.1.0.1 only; version 6.1.0.2 only; version 6.1.0.3 only; …

Published 2009-08-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.