IBM API Connect: Hard-coded credentials remote administrative access (CVE-2026-17403)
IBM API Connect versions 10.0.8.0 through 10.0.8.12 and 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 contain hard-coded credentials that allow a remote attacker to gain full administrative control.
CVE search metadata
CVE search record: CVE-2026-17403. Severity: critical. CVSS: 9.0. KEV: no. Product: API Connect (10.0.8.0-10.0.8.12), API Connect (12.1.0.0-12.1.1.2). Brief: IBM API Connect: Hard-coded credentials remote administrative access (CVE-2026-17403). Brief link: https://feed.craftedsignal.io/briefs/2026-11-ibm-api-connect-hardcoded-credentials-2a126a9b/
Triage facts
Revision 1- Applicability
- API Connect (10.0.8.0-10.0.8.12), API Connect (12.1.0.0-12.1.1.2)
- Evidence
- Unknown
- Severity
- Critical
- Sources
- 1 public source
- Freshness
- Revision 1Nov 7, 07:51 UTC
- Vulnerabilities
- 1 CVE
- Source quality
- A2Roughly even chance
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 vulnerability involving the use of hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to gain full administrative control. The CVSS v3.1 base score for this vulnerability is 9.0.