Vulnerability in IBM Sterling Connect Direct for Unix

[ Description ]Official description

IBM Sterling Connect Direct for Unix 6.3.0.0 through 6.3.0.7 and 6.4.0.0 through 6.4.0.6 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper privilege management.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund19 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-4028

  IBM Sterling Connect:Direct: Vulnerability allows privilege escalation Translated from German

  CVE-2026-105453
• CERT-FR16 Oct 2026CERTFR-2026-AVI-1336

  Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM products Translated from French

  Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in IBM products. Some of them allow an attacker to cause remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation and remote denial of service.

  CVE-2026-14671CVE-2026-11548CVE-2022-22950+490 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7292735