Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-17416 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-17416 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-17416?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 14 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM App Connect Enterprise 12.0.1.0–12.0.12.27, 13.0.1.0–13.0.8.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-17416?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-17416?
- Check whether you run IBM App Connect Enterprise at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a CWE-502 insecure deserialization flaw (CVE-2026-17416) in IBM App Connect Enterprise that allows arbitrary code execution. The attack vector is local (AV:L) with no privileges required (PR:N), but requires user interaction (UI:R). An attacker can craft malicious serialized objects that, when deserialized by the application, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process. Patches are available: version 13.0.8.1 and 12.0.12.28 include APAR IT49855.
Affected products
- IBM App Connect Enterprise 12.0.1.0–12.0.12.27, 13.0.1.0–13.0.8.0
Timeline
- 2026-09-07: disclosed
- 2026-09-14: advisory