CVE-2026-4938
MediumCVSS 6.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs
Summary
IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access in the specified versions could allow an attacker with read-only privileges to make unauthorized modifications and deployments outside of their assigned permissions.
Risk Assessment
The risk is that a user with limited privileges can escalate their rights and perform unauthorized changes to the system configuration, potentially leading to integrity and security breaches.
Recommendation
It is recommended to immediately apply the latest security patches provided by IBM and review and restrict read-only user permissions.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Verify Identity Access
See all- CVE-2026-11928Critical
IBM Verify Identity Access is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack.
- CVE-2026-11921Critical
IBM Verify Identity Access containers may not apply management password change operations correctly.
- CVE-2026-12358High
IBM Verify Identity Access contains a vulnerability due to insufficient validation of incoming request resources. A remote attacker could cause a denial of service.
- CVE-2026-12101High
IBM Verify Identity Access could allow an administrator to execute additional commands they are not entitled to due to improper validation of user supplied requests.
- CVE-2026-11934High
IBM Verify Identity Access contains a vulnerability due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An administrator could execute additional commands they are not entitled to.
- CVE-2026-11926High
IBM Verify Identity Access contains a vulnerability due to insufficient validation of incoming request resources. A remote attacker could cause a denial of service.
- CVE-2026-13277Medium
IBM Verify Identity Access allows a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks via an open redirect. By luring a victim to a crafted website, the attacker can spoof the displayed URL and redirect the user to a malicious site that appears trusted.
- CVE-2026-13276Medium
This entry covers IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0.0 through 11.0.3 Interim Fix 001, IBM Security Verify Access 10.0.0 through 10.0.9.2 Interim Fix 001, and the corresponding container versions. The description does not include technical details of the vulnerability.
- CVE-2026-13272Medium
IBM Verify Identity Access is missing origin validation, allowing a remote attacker to perform operations as the victim and potentially launch further attacks against the systems.
- CVE-2026-13260High
IBM Verify Identity Access allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to insufficient validation of incoming request resources. The flaw affects how the product processes requests.
Original NVD description (English source)
IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.2 and IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.1 and IBM Verify Identity Access Container 11.0 through 11.0.2 and IBM Security Verify Access Container 10.0 through 10.0.9.1 could allow an attacker with read-only privileges to make unauthorized modifications and deployments outside of their assigned permissions.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

