What is CVE-2026-16725?

CVE-2026-16725 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2026-16725?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge

CVE-2026-16725

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge 4.0.0 through 5.4.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files from the local filesystem due to path traversal.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2026-11-04 · last modified 2026-11-08.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7293534 (vendor-advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16725?: CVE-2026-16725 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2026-16725?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.