CVE-2026-4681 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting multiple versions of PTC Windchill and FlexPLM, exploitable through the deserialization of untrusted data. With a CVSSv4 score of 9.3 (Critical), this vulnerability allows unauthenticated, network-based attackers to achieve full system compromise without user interaction. Although no public exploit code is currently available, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media attention, including warnings from CISA and German police, indicating a high level of awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| PTC | FlexPLM | 11.0 M030, 11.1 M020, 11.2.1.0, 12.0.0.0, 12.0.2.0, 12.0.3.0, 12.1.2.0, 12.1.3.0, 13.0.2.0, 13.0.3.0CNA affecteddefault unknown | |
| PTC | Windchill PDMLink | 11.0 M030, 11.1 M020, 11.2.1.0, 12.0.2.0, 12.1.2.0, 13.0.2.0, 13.1.0.0, 13.1.1.0, 13.1.2.0, 13.1.3.0CNA affecteddefault unknown |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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:M/U:Red
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.