CVE-2011-1321: IBM WebSphere Application Server

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The AuthCache purge implementation in the Security component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1.0.x before 6.1.0.37 and 7.x before 7.0.0.15 does not purge a user from the PlatformCredential cache, which might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging a group membership specified in an old RACF Object (aka RACO).

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Application Server: 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; version 6.1.0.5 only; …

Published 2011-03-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.