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IBM Verify Access CVE-2026-12004

| EUVDEUVD-2026-57541 HIGH
Use of Externally-Controlled Format String (CWE-134)
2026-08-12 psirt@us.ibm.com GHSA-f754-w544-fwgm
8.7
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: us
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Vendor (us) PRIMARY
8.7 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
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8.7 HIGH

PR:H confirmed by admin credential requirement for management interface; S:C reflects IAM platform downstream impact; I:N as no integrity impact is described in the vulnerability.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (us).

CVSS VectorVendor: us

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Aug 12, 2026 - 20:43 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 12, 2026 - 20:17 nvd
HIGH 8.7

DescriptionCVE.org

IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.3 and IBM Verify Identity Access Container 11.0 through 11.0.3 contains a format string injection vulnerability in the management interface that allows attackers to cause denial of service and information disclosure by crafting a malicious HTTP request.

AnalysisAI

Format string injection in IBM Security Verify Access (10.0-10.0.9.2) and IBM Verify Identity Access (11.0-11.0.3, including container deployments) enables authenticated administrative attackers to send crafted HTTP requests to the management interface, triggering uncontrolled format string processing. Successful exploitation produces high confidentiality impact through stack memory disclosure and high availability impact through service crashes, with CVSS scope change indicating potential downstream effect on identity services beyond the management component. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Obtain or compromise admin credentials
Delivery
Access management interface over network
Exploit
Craft HTTP request with malicious format string specifiers
Execution
Submit request to vulnerable management endpoint
Persist
Format string evaluated without sanitization
Impact
Read server memory for info disclosure or crash service for DoS

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires possession of high-privilege (administrator-level) credentials to the IBM Verify Access management interface, confirmed by PR:H in the CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C vector. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 8.7 score is driven by network accessibility (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), and scope change (S:C) with dual high-impact outcomes (C:H, A:H) - but PR:H meaningfully constrains real-world exploitation to actors who already hold administrative credentials. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker who has obtained or compromised high-privilege administrator credentials to the IBM Verify Access management interface crafts an HTTP request where a parameter - such as a search field, configuration value, or log entry input - contains format string specifiers like %s, %x, or %n. When the management interface processes this request and passes the attacker-controlled value directly as a format string to a vulnerable format function, the process reads from or writes to unintended memory locations. …
Remediation Consult the IBM vendor advisory at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283079 for confirmed patch availability and specific fixed version numbers, which were not included in the available source intelligence and must be retrieved directly from IBM. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours: Audit deployed versions of both IBM Security Verify Access and IBM Verify Identity Access to identify affected instances; immediately restrict management interface access to a minimal set of essential administrative personnel and implement network segmentation to limit management interface exposure. …

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