{"id":"CVE-2026-17403","published":"2026-11-07T05:18:56.690","lastModified":"2026-11-10T05:18:04.173","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 attacker to gain full administrative control due to the use of hard-coded credentials.","cvssScore":9,"cvssSeverity":"CRITICAL","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwes":["CWE-798"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295635","tags":[]},{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295637","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":{"summary":"IBM API Connect versions 10.0.8.0–10.0.8.12 and 12.1.0.0–12.1.1.2 contain hard-coded credentials that allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain full administrative control of the system. This is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CWE-798) enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.","exploitability":"Exploitation requires no prior access or user interaction but may require network access to administrative endpoints; the high attack complexity (AC:H) suggests non-trivial conditions such as specific endpoint paths or request patterns must be met.","blast_radius":"Successful exploitation grants full administrative control, enabling attackers to exfiltrate sensitive data, modify configurations, deploy malicious services, or disrupt API management operations across the entire IBM API Connect deployment.","remediation":"Upgrade to IBM API Connect 10.0.8.13 or 12.1.1.3 or later, as these versions contain the fix for the hard-coded credential vulnerability.","detection":"No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.","tags":["hardcoded-credentials","auth-bypass","admin-access","api-management"],"model":"garnet-coder","analyzedAt":"2026-11-08T09:48:09.277Z"}}