CVE•Published 2026-08-13•Modified 2026-08-17•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-17482Ibm · Documentation_offline

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 57% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-73External Control of File Name or Path

Description

IBM Documentation Offline 1.0.0 through 1.4.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improper control of file paths.

Timeline

Published 2026-08-13

Modified 2026-08-17

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-17482

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Ibm Documentation Offline"

All exposed Ibm Documentation Offline instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Documentation Offline"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Documentation Offline" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-17482

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-17482

Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.

grep.app

CVE-2026-17482

Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.

GitHub code

CVE-2026-17482

GitHub code search for direct mentions.

Google dork

"CVE-2026-17482" exploit -site:nvd.nist.gov

Write-ups and news, NVD excluded.

Known PoCs on GitHub

No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-17482 on GitHub.