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CVE-2026-16715 — Ibm Api Connect

HIGH

CVE-2026-16715 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.7) CWE-639 vulnerability in ibm api connect. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.

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 authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information from other tenants due to broken…

Published
Updated
Affected
1 product
Patched
See advisory
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 7, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

  • CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-16715.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs38th percentile — riskier than 38% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

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 authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information from other tenants due to broken object-level authorization.

Affected Products

1 product · 4 configurations
Application
api connectibm
4 versions
10.0.8.010.0.8.1212.1.0.012.1.1.2

Detection & mitigation playbook

Vendor / appliance

  1. Detect

    Inventory every ibm api connect deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.

  2. Remediation status

    The records we use list no fixed version for CVE-2026-16715. Check the ibm api connect advisory for a patched release, and apply the workarounds below until you can upgrade.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.

Frequently Asked Questions

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 authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information from other tenants due to broken object-level authorization.
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CVE-2026-16715: Ibm Api Connect (High 7.7)