IBM API Connect is widely used enterprise API management; missing authorization enabling tenant manipulation can disrupt services, expose data and impact many organizations.
CVE-2026-17362
Missing authorization allows remote tenant creation/modification/deletion in IBM API Connect.
Is CVE-2026-17362 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-17362 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked.
How severe is CVE-2026-17362?
CVE-2026-17362 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-17362?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-17362, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-17362 affect?
CVE-2026-17362 affects IBM API Connect 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.1.2. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-17362?
Restrict management access, apply vendor updates/mitigations from advisory as soon as available.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote attacker can create/modify/delete tenants, enabling tenant takeover, data exposure, privilege escalation, and service disruption.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 12.1.0.0 and <= 12.1.1.2
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.
timeline
- 7 Nov 2026Published
- 7 Nov 2026CVE record last updated · same day later
- 7 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · same day later
- Patchibm.com /support/pages/node/7295635
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.