CVE-2026-17473 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution
A remote attacker can read arbitrary files and potentially execute code via path traversal in IBM Documentation Offline.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-17473?
CVE-2026-17473 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM Documentation Offline, published on 13 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-17473?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Documentation Offline.
How do I fix CVE-2026-17473?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-17473 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-2026-17473 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17473 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Documentation Offline
- CVE-2026-17482 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution
- CVE-2026-17481 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution
- CVE-2026-17468 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution
- CVE-2026-16713 IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9ff3-3px5-257x.