IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-321.
Summary
IBM Documentation Offline 1.0.0 through 1.4.1 could allow a remote attacker to forge valid session tokens due to the use of a hardcoded cryptographic key.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
IBM Documentation Offline — ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283484
5 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-14349 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code executionPriority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2026-14348 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code executionPriority MEDIUM 45
- TI-2026-14346 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code executionPriority LOW 34
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-17468
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vg5w-cvp2-cj2p
References
More IBM Documentation Offline vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-14349 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-14348 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-14346 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-13924 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-17468 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-17468 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vg5w-cvp2-cj2p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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