A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability has been reported in PTC Windchill and PTC FlexPLM. The vulnerability may be exploited through the deserialization of untrusted data.

This issue affects 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, 13.1.3.0; 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, 13.0.3.0.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00378.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
PTC Windchill PDMLink unknown
Version Status Constraints
11.0 M030 affected —
11.1 M020 affected —
11.2.1.0 affected —
12.0.2.0 affected —
12.1.2.0 affected —
13.0.2.0 affected —
13.1.0.0 affected —
13.1.1.0 affected —
13.1.2.0 affected —
13.1.3.0 affected —
PTC FlexPLM unknown
Version Status Constraints
11.0 M030 affected —
11.1 M020 affected —
11.2.1.0 affected —
12.0.0.0 affected —
12.0.2.0 affected —
12.0.3.0 affected —
12.1.2.0 affected —
12.1.3.0 affected —
13.0.2.0 affected —
13.0.3.0 affected —

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History

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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Description A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability has been reported in PTC Windchill and PTC FlexPLM. The vulnerability may be exploited through the deserialization of untrusted data. This issue affects 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, 13.1.3.0; 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, 13.0.3.0.
Title Critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability reported in Windchill
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': '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/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: PTC

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-24T14:49:43.425Z

Reserved: 2026-03-23T21:42:24.158Z

Link: CVE-2026-4681

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Updated: 2026-03-24T14:49:30.805Z

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-23T22:16:31.890

Modified: 2026-03-24T15:53:48.067

Link: CVE-2026-4681

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Updated: 2026-03-24T10:30:09Z

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