{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17473 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-17473 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-17473 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17473 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: IBM Documentation Offline. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17473/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17473/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-17473","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17473/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-17473","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9ff3-3px5-257x"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IBM Documentation Offline","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A remote attacker can read arbitrary files and potentially execute code via path traversal in IBM Documentation Offline.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"documentation_offline","vendor":"ibm"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution","id":"CVE-2026-17473","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"IBM Planning Analytics Local is affected by security vulnerabilities","id":"CVE-2026-17475"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Concert Software","id":"CVE-2026-17472"},"products":["Documentation Offline"],"published":"2026-08-13","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution","id":"CVE-2026-17482","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-13"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution","id":"CVE-2026-17481","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-13"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution","id":"CVE-2026-17468","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-13"},{"cvss_score":4.3,"headline":"IBM Documentation Offline is vulnerable to information disclosure, session forgery and remote code execution","id":"CVE-2026-16713","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-14","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"A remote attacker can read arbitrary files and potentially execute code via path traversal in IBM Documentation Offline.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17473/"}