Critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability reported in Windchill

Summary

CVECVE-2026-77645
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerPTC
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-20 22:18:06 UTC
Updated2026-08-21 15:16:47 UTC
DescriptionA critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability has been reported in PTC Windchill and PTC FlexPLM. The vulnerability may be exploited through the deserialization of untrusted data.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 9.2 CRITICAL from 0b655efc-079c-4cb9-9e8d-164871239f4e

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red

Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-502 | CWE-20 CWE-20 Improper input validation | CWE-502 CWE-502 Deserialization of untrusted data


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.00b655efc-079c-4cb9-9e8d-164871239f4eSecondary9.2CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS9.2CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/AU:Y/...

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Sub Conf.
Low
Sub Integrity
Low
Sub Availability
Low

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA PTC Windchill PDMLink affected 11.0 M030 Not specified
CNA PTC Windchill PDMLink affected 11.1 M020 Not specified
CNA PTC Windchill PDMLink affected 11.2.1.0 Not specified
CNA PTC Windchill PDMLink affected 12.0.2.0 Not specified
CNA PTC Windchill PDMLink affected 12.1.2.0 Not specified
CNA PTC Windchill PDMLink affected 13.0.2.0 Not specified
CNA PTC Windchill PDMLink affected 13.1.0.0 Not specified
CNA PTC Windchill PDMLink affected 13.1.1.0 Not specified
CNA PTC Windchill PDMLink affected 13.1.2.0 Not specified
CNA PTC Windchill PDMLink affected 13.1.3.0 Not specified
CNA PTC FlexPLM affected 11.0 M030 Not specified
CNA PTC FlexPLM affected 11.1 M020 Not specified
CNA PTC FlexPLM affected 11.2.1.0 Not specified
CNA PTC FlexPLM affected 12.0.0.0 Not specified
CNA PTC FlexPLM affected 12.0.2.0 Not specified
CNA PTC FlexPLM affected 12.0.3.0 Not specified
CNA PTC FlexPLM affected 12.1.2.0 Not specified
CNA PTC FlexPLM affected 12.1.3.0 Not specified
CNA PTC FlexPLM affected 13.0.2.0 Not specified
CNA PTC FlexPLM affected 13.0.3.0 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS474826 0b655efc-079c-4cb9-9e8d-164871239f4e www.ptc.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Arthur Aires (https://arthurair.es/) (en)

CNA: brenocss (LinkedIn: @brenocss) (en)

CNA: Bruno Milreu (LinkedIn: @bruno-milreu) (en)

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