critical
advisory
IBM API Connect: Path traversal remote code execution (CVE-2026-17340)
IBM API Connect versions 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 are vulnerable to a path traversal vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
CVE search metadata
CVE search record: CVE-2026-17340. Severity: critical. CVSS: 9.8. KEV: no. Product: API Connect (12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2). Brief: IBM API Connect: Path traversal remote code execution (CVE-2026-17340). Brief link: https://feed.craftedsignal.io/briefs/2026-11-ibm-api-connect-cve-2026-17340/
Triage facts
Revision 1- Applicability
- API Connect (12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2)
- Evidence
- Unknown
- Severity
- Critical
- Sources
- 1 public source
- Freshness
- Revision 1Nov 7, 05:54 UTC
- Vulnerabilities
- 1 CVE
- Source quality
- A2Roughly even chance
IBM API Connect versions 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to a path traversal vulnerability. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 9.8.