IBM Documentation Offline up to 1.4.1 path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Documentation Offline up to 1.4.1. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-17473. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Documentation Offline up to 1.4.1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM Documentation Offline 1.0.0 through 1.4.1 could allow a remote attacker to read arbitrary files due to improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory.

The advisory is available at ibm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-17473 since 07/25/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/13/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• IBM

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• Documentation Offline

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• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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