CVE-2016-2861: IBM WebSphere Extreme Scale

Low severity, CVSS 3.7. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale 7.1.0 before 7.1.0.3, 7.1.1 before 7.1.1.1, 8.5 before 8.5.0.3, and 8.6 before 8.6.0.8 does not properly encrypt data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Affected products

• IBM WebSphere Extreme Scale: version 7.1.0 only; version 7.1.0.2 only; version 7.1.1 only; version 8.5.0 only; version 8.5.0.1 only; version 8.5.0.2 only; …

Published 2016-07-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.