{"id":9594,"date":"2026-01-01T10:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/01\/critical-ibm-api-connect-vulnerability-let-attackers-bypass-logins\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T10:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:05:15","slug":"critical-ibm-api-connect-vulnerability-let-attackers-bypass-logins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/01\/critical-ibm-api-connect-vulnerability-let-attackers-bypass-logins\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical IBM API Connect Vulnerability Let Attackers Bypass Logins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Critical IBM API Connect Vulnerability Let Attackers Bypass Logins
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A critical security alert regarding a severe vulnerability in the IBM<\/a> API Connect platform that could allow remote attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms.<\/p>\n

Discovered during internal testing, the flaw poses a significant risk to organizations relying on the platform for API management<\/a>. It grants unauthorized actors access to the application without requiring valid credentials.<\/p>\n

The vulnerability, tracked as\u00a0CVE-2025-13915, has been assigned a critical CVSS base score of\u00a09.8\u00a0out of 10. This near-maximum score reflects the ease of exploitation and the high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.<\/p>\n

The flaw is classified under\u00a0CWE-305, which refers to an \u201cAuthentication Bypass<\/a> by Primary Weakness.\u201d According to the advisory, the issue allows a remote attacker to circumvent the login process entirely.<\/p>\n

Because the attack vector is network-based (AV: N) and requires no special privileges<\/a> (PR: N) or user interaction (UI: N), the risk of automated or widespread exploitation is high.<\/p>\n

The vulnerability impacts specific versions of IBM API Connect. Administrators are urged to check their deployments for the following versions:<\/p>\n

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IBM API Connect V10.0.8<\/td>\nVersions 10.0.8.0 through 10.0.8.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IBM API Connect V10.0.11<\/td>\nVersion 10.0.11.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

IBM strongly recommends that all affected customers upgrade immediately to the patched<\/a> versions. The company has released\u00a0iFixes\u00a0for the affected release ranges.<\/p>\n

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Product Version<\/strong><\/th>\nFix Availability<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
IBM API Connect V10.0.8<\/td>\nPatches available for versions 10.0.8.1 through 10.0.8.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IBM API Connect V10.0.11<\/td>\niFix available for version 10.0.11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

For organizations that cannot immediately apply the patch, IBM has provided<\/a> a temporary mitigation. Administrators should\u00a0disable self-service sign-up\u00a0on their Developer Portal if it is currently enabled.<\/p>\n

While this does not fix the underlying code flaw, it helps minimize the attack surface and reduces exposure to this specific vulnerability until the permanent fix can be deployed.<\/p>\n

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Critical IBM API Connect Vulnerability Let Attackers Bypass Logins A critical security alert regarding a severe vulnerability in the IBM API Connect platform that could allow remote attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms. Discovered during internal testing, the flaw poses a significant risk to organizations relying on the platform for API management. It grants unauthorized actors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,63,131,648],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-9594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cyber-security","category-cyber-security-news","category-vulnerability","category-vulnerability-news","tag-cyber-security-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}