CVE-2026-78573
IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway is affected by use of default credentials
02 Description
IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway is affected by use of default credentials
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
- 0.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 47.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (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:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-16.
- 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
- 2026-09-10 21:42Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-11 20:31Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-08-24
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1392Use of Default CredentialsBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 0eaca646873c38ed26020903ffc6fa68e58f4fd4b5c8d30a133bd748ab856101
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/InstructionsIBM ContextForge MCP Gatewayv1.0.0 - v1.0.9Upgrade to v1.0.10. See release notes. Additionally, ensure platform_admin_password, default_user_password, and basic_auth_password are set to strong, non-default values before enabling api_allow_basic_auth or mcpgateway_ui_enabled. Note: <Component A / B names> are bundled with <Product profile name> to provide <feature / function description>