FKIE_CVE-2026-12569

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-18 01:18 - Updated: 2026-08-01 05:16
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability has been reported in PTC Windchill PDMlink and PTC FlexPLM. The vulnerability may be exploited through the deserialization of untrusted data.  * This advisory also applies to all CPS versions * The identified vulnerability also impacts Windchill and FlexPLM releases prior to 11.0 M030
References
0b655efc-079c-4cb9-9e8d-164871239f4ehttps://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS473270Permissions Required
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-12569US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ptc flexplm *
ptc flexplm 11.1m020
ptc flexplm 11.2.1.0
ptc flexplm 12.0.0.0
ptc flexplm 12.0.2.0
ptc flexplm 12.1.3.0
ptc flexplm 13.0.2.0
ptc flexplm 13.0.3.0
ptc windchill_pdmlink *
ptc windchill_pdmlink 11.0m030
ptc windchill_pdmlink 11.1m020
ptc windchill_pdmlink 11.2.1.0
ptc windchill_pdmlink 12.0.2.0
ptc windchill_pdmlink 12.1.2.0
ptc windchill_pdmlink 13.0.2.0
ptc windchill_pdmlink 13.1.0.0
ptc windchill_pdmlink 13.1.1.0
ptc windchill_pdmlink 13.1.2.0
ptc windchill_pdmlink 13.1.3.0
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