What is CVE-2026-17468?

CVE-2026-17468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Documentation Offline, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-17468?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Documentation Offline

CVE-2026-17468

IBM Documentation Offline 1.0.0 through 1.4.1 could allow a remote attacker to forge valid session tokens due to the use of a hardcoded cryptographic key.

Published 2026-08-13 · last modified 2026-08-25.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-27.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.001

Affected products

IBM Documentation Offline — versions 1.0.0
IBM Documentation Offline

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-321 — Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283484 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-17468?: CVE-2026-17468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Documentation Offline, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-17468?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.