CVE-2026-17280

CRITICAL
INFO Priority: 0.05 BB Relevance: 78/100
Published: 2026-11-07 Modified: 2026-11-11 First seen: 2026-11-07 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: None

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 perform unauthenticated brute-force attacks to obtain valid credentials due to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts.

Affected Software (5)

VendorProductVersion
IBM API Connect 12.1.0.0
IBM API Connect 10.0.8.0
IBM API Connect 12.1.0.0
IBM API Connect 10.0.8.0
ibm api_connect 10.0.8.0 – 10.0.8.13

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

78 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

9.1 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.57%
Raw Score 0.005710
Percentile 47.8%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00571
2026-11-12
0.00571
2026-11-10
0.00548
2026-11-09
0.00548
2026-11-08
0.00548
2026-11-07
0.00548

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →