CVE-2026-75878
IBM Sterling File Gateway is Vulnerable to Authentication Bypass
02 Description
IBM Sterling File Gateway is Vulnerable to 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 ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-22.
- 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
- 2026-09-18 19:22Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-19 14:11Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-08-18
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- e1dab615ff6c7a67927e17713d0c6f29d22e197e7217add5cbbddc38673457be
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. Product VersionAPARRemediation & FixIBM Sterling File Gateway6.2.0.0 - 6.2.0.6_1, 6.2.1.0 - 6.2.1.2, 6.2.2.0 - 6.2.2.1IT49865Apply 6.2.0.6_2, 6.2.1.2_1 or 6.2.2.1_1 The IIM versions 6.2.1.2_1 and 6.2.2.1_1 are available on Fix Central http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes . The container versions of 6.2.1.2_1 and 6.2.2.1_1 are available in IBM Entitled Registry * cp.icr.io/cp/ibm-sfg for IBM Sterling File Gateway For 6.2.0.6_2, contact the support