CVE-2026-17437 · Infrastructure
NO FIX YET
IBM App Connect Enterprise does not validate pathnames when it extracts archives, so a local attacker can write files to locations they should not reach. The sources give a CVSS score of 5.5 and do not describe exploitation in the wild.
first public Nov 8, 2026 · 1 source
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Organisations running IBM App Connect Enterprise in the affected version ranges are exposed, and the attacker must already have local access to the machine. Teams running other versions, or without local user access on the host, can skip it. The sources do not say which archive extraction path is involved.
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No fix yet, per the sources.
IBM App Connect Enterprise 13.0.1.0 through 13.0.8.2, and 12.0.1.0 through 12.0.12.29 could allow a local attacker to perform an arbitrary file write due to improper validation of pathnames during archive extraction.
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