{"id":"CVE-2026-17396","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-17396"],"related":[],"title":"IBM API Connect: SQL injection lets a logged-in user read sensitive data","description":"IBM API Connect 10.0.8.0 through 10.0.8.12 and 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to SQL injection.","summary":"IBM API Connect versions 10.0.8.0 through 10.0.8.12 and 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 contain a SQL injection flaw. A remote attacker with a valid account can use it to obtain sensitive information from the backing database.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.6,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[{"name":"IBM API Connect","fixed":["10.0.8.13","12.1.1.3"],"affected":">= 10.0.8.0, <= 10.0.8.12; >= 12.1.0.0, <= 12.1.1.2","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["api-gateway","ibm-api-connect","self-hosted","vendor"],"not_affected_if":["unaffected-version"],"how_to_check":"Find your API Connect version (management console, or apic version / apic-cli on the manager). You are affected if it is 10.0.8.0 to 10.0.8.12 or 12.1.0.0 to 12.1.1.2. Fixed in 10.0.8.13 and 12.1.1.3.","fix":"Upgrade IBM API Connect 12.1.x to v12.1.1.3, or 10.0.8.x to 10.0.8.13 (IBM bulletins; download via IBM Fix Central).","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-07T05:18:55+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-07T05:46:07+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-07T05:48:26+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-07T05:52:00+00:00","category":"vendor","confidence":0.8,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-07T05:48:26Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"network","title":"IBM API Connect: SQL injection lets a logged-in user read sensitive data","impact":"high","summary":"IBM API Connect versions 10.0.8.0 through 10.0.8.12 and 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 contain a SQL injection flaw. A remote attacker with a valid account can use it to obtain sensitive information from the backing database.","audience":"businesses","category":"vendor","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["ibm-api-connect","api-gateway","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"attacker reads sensitive data from the database","analyst_note":"Find IBM's security bulletin for CVE-2026-17396 to confirm the fixed versions and the affected endpoint.","how_to_check":"- Check the installed API Connect version in the management console or product documentation, and compare it with the affected ranges `10.0.8.0` to `10.0.8.12` and `12.1.0.0` to `12.1.1.2`.\n- unknown for other checks; the sources do not say.","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["unaffected-version"],"who_is_affected":"Organisations running IBM API Connect in the affected version ranges, where remote users with an account can reach the management or gateway interfaces. The sources do not say which features or endpoints carry the SQL injection, so systems outside those ranges can skip it.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"critical"},"cost_usd":0.000699,"input_tokens":4224,"output_tokens":553,"severity_before":"critical"},"analyst_status":"done","analyst_note":"Find IBM's security bulletin for CVE-2026-17396 to confirm the fixed versions and the affected endpoint.","search":"'-17396':17A,20A '-2026':16A,19A '10.0.8.0':39B,72C '10.0.8.12':41B,74C '12.1.0.0':43B,76C '12.1.1.2':45B,78C 'account':57B 'allow':80C 'api':2A,22A,25B,29B,36B,70C 'api-gateway':24B 'attack':53B,84C 'authent':83C 'back':67B 'connect':3A,23A,30B,37B,71C 'contain':46B 'could':79C 'cve':15A,18A 'data':14A 'databas':68B 'due':89C 'flaw':50B 'gateway':26B 'host':33B 'ibm':1A,21A,28B,35B,69C 'ibm-api-connect':27B 'inform':64B,88C 'inject':5A,49B,92C 'let':6A 'log':9A 'logged-in':8A 'obtain':62B,86C 'read':12A 'remot':52B,82C 'self':32B 'self-host':31B 'sensit':13A,63B,87C 'sql':4A,48B,91C 'use':59B 'user':11A 'valid':56B 'vendor':34B 'version':38B","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Teams running self-managed IBM API Connect 10.0.8.0-10.0.8.12 or 12.1.0.0-12.1.1.2. Exploitation needs a valid (authenticated) account that can reach the product over the network; a successful attack can read sensitive data from the backing database. IBM's published text does not name the affected endpoint. Versions 10.0.8.13 and 12.1.1.3 or later can skip it.","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"available","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":["apiconnect","ibmapiconnect"],"ptokens":["api","connect","ibm"],"labels":["apigateway","critical","ibmapiconnect","selfhosted","vendor"],"campaign_type":null,"search_a":"'-17396':17A,20A '-2026':16A,19A 'api':2A,22A 'connect':3A,23A 'cve':15A,18A 'data':14A 'ibm':1A,21A 'inject':5A 'let':6A 'log':9A 'logged-in':8A 'read':12A 'sensit':13A 'sql':4A 'user':11A","search_b":"'10.0.8.0':39B '10.0.8.12':41B '12.1.0.0':43B '12.1.1.2':45B 'account':57B 'api':25B,29B,36B 'api-gateway':24B 'attack':53B 'back':67B 'connect':30B,37B 'contain':46B 'databas':68B 'flaw':50B 'gateway':26B 'host':33B 'ibm':28B,35B 'ibm-api-connect':27B 'inform':64B 'inject':49B 'obtain':62B 'remot':52B 'self':32B 'self-host':31B 'sensit':63B 'sql':48B 'use':59B 'valid':56B 'vendor':34B 'version':38B","search_c":"'10.0.8.0':72C '10.0.8.12':74C '12.1.0.0':76C '12.1.1.2':78C 'allow':80C 'api':70C 'attack':84C 'authent':83C 'connect':71C 'could':79C 'due':89C 'ibm':69C 'inform':88C 'inject':92C 'obtain':86C 'remot':82C 'sensit':87C 'sql':91C","first_public_at":"2026-11-07T05:18:55+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","cvss_by":"psirt@us.ibm.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-17396","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17396","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-07T05:18:55+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-07T05:18:55+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-07T05:46:07+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-07T05:46:07+00:00","note":null},{"source":"analyst","external_id":"CVE-2026-17396:1966","url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295635","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-07T05:52:00+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-07T05:52:00+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-07T05:52:00+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-07T05:52:00+00:00","note":"NVD/CVE record lists IBM nodes 7295635 (12.x, fix v12.1.1.3) and 7295637 (10.0.8.x, fix 10.0.8.13). Fetched bulletin text was truncated before the CVE-2026-17396 entry, so fix versions come from the bulletin summaries; nothing marked verified. Affected endpoint unknown. No exploitation or PoC found; severity unchanged (IBM CVSS 9.6).","cites":["https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295635","https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295637"]}],"documents":[{"id":92834,"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295635","title":"IBM Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM API Connect (v12.1.1.3)","kind":"advisory","source":"analyst","publisher":null,"text":null,"published_at":null,"relation":"advisory","confidence":null,"note":null},{"id":93164,"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295637","title":"IBM Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM API Connect (10.0.8.13)","kind":"advisory","source":"analyst","publisher":null,"text":null,"published_at":null,"relation":"advisory","confidence":null,"note":null}],"exploit_sources":[],"notice":"Free to read, with fair use of about 60 pages a minute. For higher limits or API access: sales@infrastack.ai"}