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TI-2026-14346 Aliases CVE-2026-17473GHSA-9ff3-3px5-257x

IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution

Priority LOW 34CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00623 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
IBMDocumentation Offline1.0.0 – 1.4.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Documentation Offline VendorIBM Affected 1.0.0 – 1.4.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:documentation_offline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0 – 1.4.1VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:documentation_offline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 – 1.4.1 Vulnerable ·IBM

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-2026-14342 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code executionPriority LOW 30
    Show all 5 records → Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-17473
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9ff3-3px5-257x
  3. 2026-11-05 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Patch 1

  • 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-2026-14342 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2026-13924 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3

Sources

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