CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-12569
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
PTC Windchill and FlexPLM Improper Input Validation Vulnerability — PTC Windchill and FlexPLM
PTC Windchill and FlexPLM contains an improper input validation vulnerability allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending a malicious request to the network.
- Added to KEV
- 2026-06-25
- Remediation due
- 2026-06-28
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Required action
- Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
- Notes
- https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS473270 ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12569
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-06-18
- Last modified
- 2026-08-01
- Assigner
- 0b655efc-079c-4cb9-9e8d-164871239f4e
- CVSS 4.0 (0b655efc-079c-4cb9-9e8d-164871239f4e)
- 9.3 CRITICAL — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:X/U:Red
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20, CWE-502
Description
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
Affected configurations
• ptc flexplm (<= 11.0m030)
• 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 (< 11.0m030)
• 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
Related
References
- https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS473270 Permissions Required
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-12569 US Government Resource