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🛡️ CVE-2026-4938 — security-verify-access

🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-863 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
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Description

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-4938 is classified as CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization. An authorisation check runs but reaches the wrong conclusion, permitting actions it should refuse.

Affected software

CVE-2026-4938 is recorded against 4 packages.

  • security-verify-access (from 10.0.0 up to 10.0.9.1)
  • security-verify-access-container (from 10.0.0.0 up to 10.0.9.1)
  • verify-identity-access (from 11.0 up to 11.0.2.0)
  • verify-identity-access-container (from 11.0.0.0 up to 11.0.2.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 July 2026 and last revised on 30 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.ibm.com

Other advisories for this package

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Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-863
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-17
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-30
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
security-verify-access 10.0.0 10.0.9.1
security-verify-access-container 10.0.0.0 10.0.9.1
verify-identity-access 11.0 11.0.2.0
verify-identity-access-container 11.0.0.0 11.0.2.0

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