Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-114468

IBM App Connect Operator and IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Containers Operands Hard-coded Credentials

publishedCWE-798

IBM App Connect Operator and App Connect Enterprise Certified Containers Operands could allow an attacker with the ability to run HTTP calls within the running container to can make administrative calls to a running IntegrationRuntime.

Technical severity6.0 mediumCVSS 3.1 · CNA: ibm
Published2026-11-13Source updated 2026-11-13
Collected2026-11-131 attributed source

Fixes and workarounds

Fix

IBM strongly suggests the following: App Connect Enterprise Certified Container CD and 13 LTS (Long Term Support) Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 13.7.0 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 13.0.9.1-r1 or higher.  Documentation on the upgrade process is available at https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/app-connect/13.0?topic=releases-upgrading-operator App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 12.0 LTS (Long Term Support) Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 12.0.29 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.12-r29 or higher.  Documentation on the upgrade process is available at https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/app-connect/12.0?topic=umfpr-upgrading-operator-releases

Source: CNA: ibm

Fix

The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches.

Source: CNA: ibm

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
App Connect Operator
IBM
≥ 12.1.0; ≤ 12.21.0 (affected, semver)
≥ 12.0.0; ≤ 12.0.28 (affected, semver)
≥ 13.0.0; ≤ 13.6.0 (affected, semver)
CNA: ibm
App Connect Enterprise Certified Containers Operands
IBM
≥ 12.0.11.1-r1; ≤ 12.0.12.5-r1 (affected, custom)
≥ 13.0.1.0-r1; ≤ 13.0.6.2-r1 (affected, custom)
≥ 12.0.12-r1; ≤ 12.0.12-r28 (affected, custom)
≥ 13.0.7.0-r1; ≤ 13.0.9.0-r1 (affected, custom)
CNA: ibm

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / scoreVectorAuthority
3.1 / 6.0
medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HCNA: ibm

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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