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Medium 6.5Published Mar 3, 2026

CVE-2026-2606IBM webMethods API Management fails to validate user input and enables unauthorized arbitrary file read

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It affects IBM webMethods API Gateway (on-prem) and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

IBM webMethods API Gateway (on-prem) 10.11 through 10.11_Fix3210.15 to 10.15_Fix2711.1 to 11.1_Fix7 IBM webMethods API Management (on-prem) fails to properly validate user-supplied input passed to the url parameter on the /createapi endpoint. An attacker can modify this parameter to use a file:// URI schema instead of the expected https:// schema, enabling unauthorized arbitrary file read access on the underlying server file system.

CVSS
6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
ibm
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Mar 4, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
IBM webMethods API Gateway (on-prem)
ibm:webmethods_api_gateway_on_prem
from 10.11 through 10.11_Fix32; from 10.15 through 10.15_Fix27; from 11.1 through 11.1_Fix7
CNA record
ibm webmethods_api_gateway
ibm:webmethods_api_gateway
10.11; 10.11; 10.15; 10.15; 11.1; 11.1
NVD

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