[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fHMcQ3qLyY1XfPBMAFcL4Xdva-LiOU4MLWkNDMHyuPv4":3},{"article":4,"iocs":38,"watch_terms":46,"solutions":47,"lesson":137},{"id":5,"title":6,"slug":7,"summary":8,"ai_summary":9,"brief":10,"url":11,"image_url":12,"published_at":13,"ingested_at":14,"relevance_score":15,"entities":16,"category_id":25,"category":26,"article_tags":30},"083adbd5-d165-4647-842a-e169901692fa","PTC Patches Critical Windchill and FlexPLM Flaw That Could Enable Remote Code Execution","ptc-patches-critical-windchill-and-flexplm-flaw-that-could-enable-remote-code-ex-2d6f34","PTC has released patches for a new critical vulnerability impacting Windchill and FlexPLM software that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution. The security flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-126325, carries a CVSS v4 score of 9.2 out of a maximum of 10.0. It has been described as a case of improper input validation and deserialization of untrusted data that could result in","PTC has issued patches for a critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-126325, affecting its Windchill and FlexPLM software. The flaw, with a CVSS v4 score of 9.2, allows for remote code execution through improper input validation and deserialization. PTC urges customers not hosted by them to apply the patch immediately, while PTC-hosted environments have already been updated.","PTC releases patches for critical Windchill and FlexPLM RCE vulnerability CVE-2026-126325.","https:\u002F\u002Fthehackernews.com\u002F2026\u002F11\u002Fptc-patches-critical-windchill-and.html","https:\u002F\u002Fblogger.googleusercontent.com\u002Fimg\u002Fb\u002FR29vZ2xl\u002FAVvXsEi01pvi78xYUtyxbtWQ4L5ddMr1yT2-WBSbAnp3wKXa-bpagXqtyQdxPqA43I1NxJGNLk4He30PS-GYUcd1sOaErtMAtNWL-qQUGfD0Y7wSxAzeYJXRf2lA5yFuznu8m2zRgf2llXMiR3w1H6YOOte5qs_DvRxcv0aPeOxWeIDybl1n58VlpuZPUJ0icWDL\u002Fs1600\u002Fptc-flaw.jpg","2026-11-12T11:33:15+00:00","2026-11-12T13:00:29.011407+00:00",8,[17,20,22],{"name":18,"type":19},"Windchill","product",{"name":21,"type":19},"FlexPLM",{"name":23,"type":24},"PTC","vendor","80544778-fabb-4dcd-aa35-17492e5dcf4f",{"id":25,"icon":27,"name":28,"slug":29},null,"Vulnerabilities","vulnerabilities",[31,36],{"category":32},{"id":33,"icon":27,"name":34,"slug":35},"26b0b636-0e31-4db1-bffb-61bdf9f20a58","Supply Chain","supply-chain",{"category":37},{"id":25,"icon":27,"name":28,"slug":29},[39,43],{"type":40,"value":41,"context":42},"cve","CVE-2026-126325","Critical vulnerability in PTC Windchill and FlexPLM",{"type":40,"value":44,"context":45},"CVE-2026-12569","Previous critical RCE vulnerability in PTC Windchill and FlexPLM",[23,18,21],{"controls":48,"vendors":136},[49,78,107],{"slug":50,"name":51,"problem":52,"products":53},"vulnerability-management","Vulnerability scanning and prioritisation","You know which systems are vulnerable, and which ones to fix first.",[54,62,70],{"vendor_slug":55,"vendor_name":56,"vendor_logo":57,"product_slug":58,"product_name":59,"url":60,"description":61},"axonius","Axonius","\u002Fvendor-logos\u002Faxonius.png","axonius-exposures","Axonius Exposures","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.axonius.com\u002Fplatform\u002Fexposures","Brings findings from different scanners together with asset and business context, to show what matters most and track fixes to the end.",{"vendor_slug":63,"vendor_name":64,"vendor_logo":65,"product_slug":66,"product_name":67,"url":68,"description":69},"holm-security","Holm Security","\u002Fvendor-logos\u002Fholm-security.png","holm-security-platform","Holm Security Platform","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.holmsecurity.com\u002F","Vulnerability scanning of systems, web applications, cloud and the external attack surface, plus phishing simulation.",{"vendor_slug":71,"vendor_name":72,"vendor_logo":73,"product_slug":74,"product_name":75,"url":76,"description":77},"rapid7","Rapid7","\u002Fvendor-logos\u002Frapid7.png","insightvm","Rapid7 Exposure Command (InsightVM)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rapid7.com\u002Fproducts\u002Finsightvm\u002F","Vulnerability scanning and risk-based prioritisation; 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This class of vulnerability is particularly dangerous because it requires no authentication in many configurations and can grant full system compromise. Organizations running self-hosted instances were left exposed until they applied the patch themselves, highlighting the risk gap between vendor-hosted and customer-managed deployments. 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