CVE-2026-16725 (GCVE-0-2026-16725)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-04 21:04 – Updated: 2026-11-04 21:04
VLAI
Title
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge is vulnerable to a Path Traversal in LangSmith
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
ibm CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 88/100 over 1335 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7293534 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge Affected: 4.0.0 , ≤ 5.4.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:watson_speech_services_cartridge:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:watson_speech_services_cartridge:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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