CVE-2025-13491

Sensitive-file access via untrusted search path

Published Feb 5, 2026 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Untrusted search path handling in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container allows local users to read sensitive files or alter configurations. IBM identifies the locus only as Mapping-Assist-enabled DesignerAuthoring operands and does not disclose which path lookup trusts attacker-controlled locations. Exploitation requires local access and enabled Mapping Assist; the documented consequence is limited to sensitive-file access or configuration modification.

CVSS severity5.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.15%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Untrusted search path handling in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container allows local users to read sensitive files or alter configurations. IBM identifies the locus only as Mapping-Assist-enabled DesignerAuthoring operands and does not disclose which path lookup trusts attacker-controlled locations. Exploitation requires local access and enabled Mapping Assist; the documented consequence is limited to sensitive-file access or configuration modification.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-13491
Published
Feb 5, 2026
Updated
Feb 5, 2026
Vendor
IBM
Product
IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operands
Classifications
CWE-426
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 5, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=CD:12.0.11.1 <=r1 - 12.0.12.5-r1, 13.0.1.0-r1 - 13.0.6.0-r112.0
  2. Affected versionversion=LTS:12.0.12-r1 - 12.0.12-r19

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operandsversion=CD:12.0.11.1 <=r1 - 12.0.12.5-r1, 13.0.1.0-r1 - 13.0.6.0-r112.0; version=LTS:12.0.12-r1 - 12.0.12-r19
IBM · IBM App Connect Operatorversion=CD:11.2.0 <=11.6.0, 12.1.0 - 12.19.012.0; version=LTS:12.0.0 - 12.0.19

Published CVSS scores

5.1IBM CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-426Untrusted Search Path

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