🛡️ CVE-2026-3144 — api-connect

🟠 CVSS 8.1 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-1392 NVD
8.1
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

IBM API Connect 12.1.0.0 through 12.1.0.3 uses default credentials which could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the application before the system enforces a credential update.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-3144 is classified as CWE-1392: Use of Default Credentials. The product uses default credentials (such as passwords or cryptographic keys) for potentially critical functionality.

Affected software

CVE-2026-3144 is recorded against 1 package.

  • api-connect (from 12.1.0.0 up to 12.1.1.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 8 July 2026 and last revised on 10 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.ibm.com

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.1
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-1392
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-08
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-10
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
api-connect 12.1.0.0 12.1.1.0

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