CVE-2026-12569

Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windchill PDMlink

State: Published
Severity: 9.3 Critical
Published: Jun 18, 2026
Updated: Aug 1, 2026
Reserved: Jun 18, 2026

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

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	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/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/U:Red	PTC

Weaknesses

CWE-20 Improper input validation
CWE-502 Deserialization of untrusted data

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Windchill PDMLinkPTC	11.0 M030 and earlierAffected 11.1 M020Affected 11.2.1.0Affected 12.0.2.0Affected 12.1.2.0Affected 13.0.2.0Affected 13.1.0.0Affected 13.1.1.0Affected 13.1.2.0Affected 13.1.3.0Affected
FlexPLMPTC	11.0 M030 and earlierAffected 11.1 M020Affected 11.2.1.0Affected 12.0.0.0Affected 12.0.2.0Affected 12.1.2.0Affected 12.1.3.0Affected 13.0.2.0Affected 13.0.3.0Affected

References

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS473270vendor-advisorymitigationpermissions-required
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-12569government-resource

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