CVE-2026-4938
Incorrect Authorization in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access
02 Description
Incorrect Authorization in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access
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.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 22.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-30.
- 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
- 2026-07-17 19:34Z3 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-28 18:08Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-03-26
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 5e8e6c2e9812a762b219ea580be302dadb553a2fc93b6c4e61510c3c63c1b95a
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly. Appliance: Affected Products and Versions Fix availability IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 - 11.0.2 Download IBM Verify Identity Access v11.0.3 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/download-ibm-verify-identity-access-v1103 IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 0 - 10.0.9.1 Download IBM Security Verify Access v10.0.9.2 https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder Container: Container Download https://docs.verify.ibm.com/ibm-security-verify-access/docs/containers