VDB-399037 · CVE-2026-17442 · GCVE-0-2026-17442

IBM App Connect Enterprise/Integration Bus for z/OS information disclosure

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4.2	$0-$5k	0.41

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in IBM App Connect Enterprise, Integration Bus for z and OS. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-17442. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM App Connect Enterprise, Integration Bus for z and OS (affected version not known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM App Connect Enterprise 13.0.1.0 through 13.0.8.1, and 12.0.1.0 through 12.0.12.28 and IBM Integration Bus for z/OS 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.0.7 could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information due to credentials being written to trace logs in cleartext.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-17442 since 07/25/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/04/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

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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Productinfo

Vendor

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License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.1
CNA Vector (ibm): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

07/25/2026 CVE reserved
09/04/2026 +41 days Advisory disclosed
09/04/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/04/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-17442 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-17442
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-399037

Entryinfo

Created: 09/04/2026 19:01
Changes: 09/04/2026 19:01 (60)
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