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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Network-reachable request handling with no authentication and low complexity; only availability is impaired, so C/I are None.
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IBM Verify Identity Access could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to insufficient validation of incoming request resources.
AnalysisAI
IBM Verify Identity Access (formerly Security Verify Access) can be driven into a denial-of-service state by a remote, unauthenticated attacker who sends crafted requests that the product fails to validate for resource consumption. Only availability is impacted (CVSS 7.5, C:N/I:N/A:H); confidentiality and integrity are untouched. …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires the affected IBM Verify Identity Access (or Security Verify Access) runtime - appliance or container image - to be reachable by the attacker over the network on a request-handling interface, with no authentication or user interaction needed per the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The CVSS 3.1 vector - AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (7.5) - describes a low-complexity, unauthenticated, network-reachable attack with high availability impact and no other impact, which is the strongest realistic profile for a pure DoS. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in. |
| Remediation | Upgrade to the fixed release specified in IBM's advisory at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7286188 - the vendor reports a patch is available as a vendor-supplied fix, but no explicit version number was included in the source data, so confirm the target release level on that page before upgrading; apply it to both the appliance and the container images, then rebuild container deployments rather than hot-patching running pods. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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EUVD-2026-78893
GHSA-35h7-wfjq-j87h