IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-17482
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneribm
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-13 21:17:43 UTC
Updated2026-08-17 19:16:28 UTC
DescriptionIBM Documentation Offline 1.0.0 through 1.4.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improper control of file paths.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.005450000 probability, percentile 0.431760000 (date 2026-08-18)

Problem Types: CWE-73 | CWE-73 CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ibm Documentation Offline All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA IBM Documentation Offline affected 1.0.0 1.4.1 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283484 [email protected] www.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/InstructionsIBM Documentation Offline1.0.0 - 1.4.1Download and install latest release (1.5.1)

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