01 Record
CVE-2026-1496
Coverity CLI Authentication Bypass
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: BlackDuck
CNA base score9.3 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
Coverity CLI Authentication Bypass
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-03-27 14:14Z7 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-03-27 14:36Z7 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-01-27
- Assigning CNA
- BlackDuck
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled KeyBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 04d50833a7f74cd979301d29d35955eada766e9a2dc390f5c6d0d321735c2cb3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- community.blackduck.comhttps://community.blackduck.com/s/article/Black-Duck-Security-Advisory-CVE-2026-1496
- community.blackduck.comhttps://community.blackduck.com/s/article/Instructions-on-how-to-block-token-endpoint-for-Coverity-Connect
- community.blackduck.comhttps://community.blackduck.com/s/article/WAF-IDS-IPS-Mitigation-Guidance
- github.comhttps://github.com/blackduck-inc/Coverity-Usage-Log-Analyzer
07 Remediation
Customers are recommended to upgrade to one of the following Coverity patched versions at their earliest availability or deploy documented mitigations. Patched versions: * 2025.12.1 * 2025.12.0A * 2025.9.2A * 2025.9.0A * 2025.6.2A * 2025.6.0A * 2025.3.1A * 2025.3.0A * 2024.12.1A * 2024.12.0A * 2024.9.1A * 2024.9.0A Full Installers: * 2025.12.1 * 2025.9.3 * 2025.6.4 * 2025.3.2 * 2024.12.2