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CVE-2026-31386 LiteSpeed Technologies CVE debrief
CVE-2026-31386 is an OS command injection vulnerability in OpenLiteSpeed and LSWS Enterprise provided by LiteSpeed Technologies. An attacker with administrative privilege can execute an arbitrary OS command.
- Vendor
- LiteSpeed Technologies
- Product
- OpenLiteSpeed
- CVSS
- HIGH 8.6
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in stored evidence
- Original CVE published
- 2026-03-16
- Original CVE updated
- 2026-06-08
- Advisory published
- 2026-03-16
- Advisory updated
- 2026-06-08
Who should care
Administrators and users of OpenLiteSpeed and LSWS Enterprise provided by LiteSpeed Technologies should be aware of this vulnerability and take necessary actions to mitigate it.
Technical summary
The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.6 and is classified as HIGH severity. The affected products are OpenLiteSpeed and LSWS Enterprise, with specific CPE criteria listed: cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:litespeed_web_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (up to 6.3.5) and cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:openlitespeed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (up to 1.9.0). The weakness is categorized as CWE-78.
Defensive priority
high
Recommended defensive actions
- Upgrade OpenLiteSpeed to a version greater than 1.9.0.
- Upgrade LSWS Enterprise to a version greater than 6.3.5.
- Refer to [ref-4](https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN22152812/) for additional mitigation or vendor reference.
- Visit [ref-5](https://openlitespeed.org/) and [ref-6](https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server) for product information.
Evidence notes
The information is based on data from [nvd](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31386) and [cve-org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31386).
Sources and references
Verified primary and authoritative sources
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CVE-2026-31386 CVE Program record
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31386
CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.
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CVE-2026-31386 NVD vulnerability detail
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31386
NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.
Supplemental references
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Mitigation or vendor reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN22152812/
[email protected] - Third Party Advisory
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Source reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://openlitespeed.org/
[email protected] - Product
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Source reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://www.litespeedtech.com/products/litespeed-web-server
[email protected] - Product
Methodology and review provenance
AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.