CVE-2026-16679
IBM API Connect Path Traversal
IBM API Connect 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 could allow a remote attacker to view arbitrary files on the system due to a path traversal vulnerability. A specially crafted URL request could allow directories outside the intended location to be accessed.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM API Connect Path Traversal
IBM API Connect 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 could allow a remote attacker to view arbitrary files on the system due to a path traversal vulnerability. A specially crafted URL request could allow directories outside the intended location to be accessed.
- Record
CVE-2026-16679- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
EUVDEUVD-2026-118914
IBM API Connect 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 could allow a remote attacker to view arbitrary files on the system due to a path traversal vulnerability. A specially crafted URL request could allow directories outside the intended location to be accessed.
- Record
EUVD-2026-118914- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-07
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jhf3-2hcc-474p
IBM API Connect 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 could allow a remote attacker to view arbitrary files...
IBM API Connect 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 could allow a remote attacker to view arbitrary files on the system due to a path traversal vulnerability. A specially crafted URL request could allow directories outside the intended location to be accessed.
- Record
GHSA-jhf3-2hcc-474p- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
NVD
IBM API Connect 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2 could allow a remote attacker to view arbitrary files on the system due to a path traversal vulnerability. A specially crafted URL request could allow directories outside the intended location to be accessed.
- Record
CVE-2026-16679- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| published | EUVD | |
| published | EUVD, NVD | |
| aliases, references | GitHub Advisories | |
| cwes, references, severity, title | CVE List | |
| first indexed | EUVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-16679 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Ibm Api Connect, published November 7, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.