CVE.org (no NVD analysis yet)· CNA ibm

CVE-2026-17437: IBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to an arbitrary file write

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org

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.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Path traversal

EUVD-2026-119714

Published: Nov 8, 2026
Updated: Nov 8, 2026
EPSS: —
CWE: CWE-22

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · —

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 5.5
CNA · ibm: 5.5; agree

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ibm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

IBM App Connect Enterprise
- 13.0.1.0 and later · up to and including 13.0.8.2affected · semver
- 12.0.1.0 and later · up to and including 12.0.12.29affected · semver

Same product

ibm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2026-92559IBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to a credential exposure
39Monitor
CVE-2026-15435IBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to arbitrary file write vulnerability
39Monitor
CVE-2026-14522IBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to an arbitrary file read and arbitrary changes to configuration settings
39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2026-17156Sep 14, 2026 · IBM App Connect Enterprise Toolkit is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to multiple CVEs
31Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2026-17416Sep 14, 2026 · IBM App Connect Enterprise Toolkit is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to multiple CVEs
31Monitor
Later →CVE-2026-18093Nov 8, 2026 · IBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to a credential exposure
30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2026-15435101 days apartIBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to arbitrary file write vulnerability
39Monitor
CVE-2026-14519101 days apartIBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to an arbitrary file read and arbitrary changes to configuration settings
30Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

IBMHackerOne · disclosure only (VDP)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
A user must open a link or visit a page.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: none
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: none

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

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Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Exploit maturity— → noneNov 8, 2026, 7:07 PM UTC

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References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7293001

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