CVE-2025-13491 IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Information Disclosure
An attacker can access sensitive files or modify configurations in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container due to an untrusted search path vulnerability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13491?
CVE-2025-13491 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container, published on 5 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container CD: 11.2.0 through 11.6.0, 12.1.0 through 12.19.0 and 12.0 LTS: 12.0.0 through 12.0.19 could allow an attacker to access sensitive files or modify configurations due to an untrusted search path.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13491?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13491?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13491 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-13491 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13491 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f4xv-648j-g6xj.