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IBM Security Verify EUVDEUVD-2026-45268

| CVE-2026-8861 MEDIUM
Error Message Information Leak (CWE-209)
2026-07-17 ibm GHSA-r385-683v-qrc8
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Send malformed HTTP request to Verify endpoint
  2. Delivery
    Trigger unhandled application error
  3. Exploit
    Receive verbose technical error in browser response
  4. Execution
    Extract internal version or path data
  5. Persist
    Profile target environment
  6. Impact
    Craft targeted follow-on exploit

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Error message sanitization
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Discovery

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

No special conditions required per CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N - remote unauthenticated exploitation against default configurations of IBM Security Verify Access and IBM Verify Identity Access products. Exploitation is limited to information disclosure (C:L); an attacker cannot directly modify data or cause service disruption through this vulnerability alone. Meaningful exploitation requires the IBM Security Verify web interface to be reachable from the attacker's network position; deployments fully isolated behind strict firewall controls reduce exposure. The container variants are equally affected, so containerized deployments in Kubernetes or OpenShift environments with exposed ingress are within scope.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 Medium, with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, indicates unauthenticated, low-complexity, network-accessible exploitation with limited confidentiality impact only. No EPSS score was provided in the source data, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. No KEV listing and no public POC exist at time of analysis, meaning this is not a confirmed actively exploited vulnerability. Real-world prioritization should be moderate: the vulnerability alone does not yield direct unauthorized access, data exfiltration, or service disruption, but it functions as a force-multiplier for follow-on attacks by reducing attacker reconnaissance effort. In hardened or internet-facing IAM deployments, leaking internal error details is a meaningful risk. Organizations with non-public, firewall-restricted deployments face lower immediate risk but should still patch given the vendor fix is available.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated remote attacker sends a malformed or boundary-case HTTP request to an IBM Security Verify web endpoint, intentionally triggering an application error. The server returns a detailed technical error message containing internal system details - such as software version, internal file paths, or stack trace fragments - directly in the browser response. The attacker uses this information to refine a targeted follow-on exploit against the identified software version or exposed configuration.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jul 17, 2026

IBM Security Verify exposes sensitive internal information to unauthenticated remote attackers through overly detailed technical error messages rendered in the browser. Affected deployments span four product variants - IBM Verify Identity Access, IBM Security Verify Access, and their respective container editions - all of which share the same CWE-209 root cause. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing exists at time of analysis; the primary risk is reconnaissance enablement, where leaked error details lower the effort required for subsequent, more severe attacks.

RemediationAI

Apply the vendor-released patch per the IBM security advisory at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7279510. The exact patched version number is not independently confirmed from available CPE data - consult the advisory directly for the target upgrade version. If immediate patching is not feasible, a compensating control is to configure network-layer access controls (WAF rules or firewall ACLs) to restrict access to IBM Security Verify administrative and authentication endpoints to trusted IP ranges only, reducing the pool of attackers who can trigger and observe error responses. Additionally, review and harden application-level error handling configurations to suppress verbose output in production environments if the platform exposes such settings. Note that network restriction does not eliminate the vulnerability for authorized but untrusted users already within the allowed IP range.

Affected VersionsENISA

Verify Identity Access Container 11.0 ≤11.0.2
Security Verify Access 10.0 ≤10.0.9.1
Verify Identity Access 11.0 ≤11.0.2
Security Verify Access Container 10.0 ≤10.0.9.1

Affected Packages

euvd security_verify_access no fix
euvd security_verify_access_container no fix
euvd verify_identity_access no fix
euvd verify_identity_access_container no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 4 packages in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information) describes a class of vulnerabilities where applications return verbose diagnostic output - stack traces, internal paths, configuration values, software version strings, or database query fragments - directly to end-user browsers on error conditions. IBM Security Verify is an enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform. Four CPE-identified product lines are affected: cpe:2.3:a:ibm:verify_identity_access, cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_verify_access, cpe:2.3:a:ibm:verify_identity_access_container, and cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_verify_access_container, covering both traditional and containerized deployments. The vulnerability likely manifests in the web-facing authentication or administrative portal components where error handling is insufficiently sanitized before being returned to the client.

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Severity by source

Vendor (ibm) PRIMARY MEDIUM
NVD 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Network-accessible endpoint requires no authentication or interaction; impact is limited to partial confidentiality as only diagnostic metadata is disclosed, with no integrity or availability effect.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (ibm).

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionNVD

IBM Security Verify could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser.  This information could be used in further attacks against the system.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 85% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise IAM platform deployed in large and mid-market organizations
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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