CVE-2026-2606
IBM webMethods API Management fails to validate user input and enables unauthorized arbitrary file read
02 Description
IBM webMethods API Management fails to validate user input and enables unauthorized arbitrary file read
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 24.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-03-03 19:38Z7 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-03-04 21:11Z7 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-02-16
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 97cff777e3ba0290ac4c167259b619909a8d27ed2ef299a8914e3e2396951178
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability by applying the following fixes: IBM webMethods API Gateway - 10.11_Fix33 IBM webMethods API Gateway - 10.15_Fix28 IBM webMethods API Gateway - 11.1_Fix8 Above mentioned fixes can be installed using the tool - 'IBM webMethods Update Manager', which is available at: https://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral