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IBM Security Verify Access EUVDEUVD-2026-95273

| CVE-2026-19482 HIGH
Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection') (CWE-88)
2026-10-08 ibm GHSA-v4m7-48jw-88x5
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: ibm
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Authenticate with low-privilege account
  2. Delivery
    Submit crafted command arguments
  3. Exploit
    Bypass argument neutralization (CWE-88)
  4. Execution
    Execute arbitrary commands on appliance
  5. Impact
    Compromise identity gateway

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Argument sanitization
Exploitation Conditions

Requires a valid low-privilege authenticated session on an affected IBM Security Verify Access (10.0 through 10.0.9.2) or IBM Verify Identity Access (11.0 through 11.0.3) instance, including the containerized variants. Exploitation then depends on reaching the function that passes attacker-influenced command arguments into a backend process without proper neutralization (CWE-88). Limiting factors: the attacker must hold credentials (PR:L - exploitation is not possible fully unauthenticated), restricting the realistic threat set to insiders or attackers who have already obtained a low-privilege account; no user interaction is required (UI:N) and the vector is network-reachable (AV:N). The input does not specify a non-default feature or configuration prerequisite, so default deployments within the affected version ranges should be considered exposed to any authenticated user.

Impact

This is a credible, actionable priority rather than a paper-tiger high-CVSS issue, though not a top-of-queue emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw requiring only low-privilege authentication and no user interaction, yielding full C:H/I:H/A:H impact consistent with arbitrary command execution (CWE-88, argument injection). The authentication requirement (PR:L) is a meaningful limiting factor: an attacker must already hold some valid, low-privilege account on the IBM Security Verify Access / Verify Identity Access instance, which narrows the threat to insiders, credential-phishing outcomes, or chained access. No EPSS score was provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public POC referenced, so current status is: no public exploit identified at time of analysis - meaning risk is driven by potential rather than observed mass exploitation. Because this product is a security/identity gateway, successful command execution is high-consequence (it sits at the authentication control plane), which argues for prompt patching despite the absence of active-exploitation signals. The signals are internally consistent - no conflicts between CVSS vector and description were detected (both point to remote, authenticated, high-impact execution).

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote attacker who already holds a low-privilege authenticated account (or obtained one via phishing/credential reuse) submits a request containing specially crafted command arguments that are improperly neutralized, injecting additional arguments or commands into a backend invocation. This results in arbitrary command execution on the appliance with the privileges of the affected process, compromising the identity/access gateway itself. No public proof-of-concept exploit was identified in the provided intelligence.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026

Arbitrary command execution in IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.3 (including their container images) allows a remote attacker holding a valid low-privilege account to run commands on the underlying system by slipping argument delimiters into data that is passed to a backend process without neutralization (CWE-88). The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (8.8) means the attack is network-reachable with no user interaction and yields full loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but exploitation is not possible fully unauthenticated - the attacker must already have credentials, which narrows the realistic threat to insiders, compromised low-privilege accounts, and post-compromise escalation. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the vendor has published a patch, so unpatched deployments within the affected ranges should be treated as exposed to any authenticated user.

RemediationAI

Patch available per vendor advisory: IBM has published remediation for CVE-2026-19482 at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291628, and the supplied data does not include a specific fixed version number, so administrators should consult that page and apply the maintenance level it identifies for both the IBM Security Verify Access 10.0.x stream (through 10.0.9.2) and the IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0.x stream (through 11.0.3), updating the container images as well as any appliance or software installations since the same code ships in both forms. Until the fixed level is deployed, the highest-value compensating control is to reduce the population that can reach the vulnerable function: audit and revoke unnecessary low-privilege accounts, apply least privilege so that only accounts that genuinely require the administrative workflows can log in, and tightly restrict network access to the management and authentication endpoints so that only trusted administrative networks can reach them - the trade-off is operational friction for legitimate remote administrators and help-desk workflows. Where the deployment supports it, temporarily disabling or blocking the specific feature or helper invocation that forwards user-supplied parameters to backend commands removes the attack path entirely, at the cost of losing that functionality; if that granularity is not available, isolating the instance behind a reverse proxy or WAF that rejects requests carrying shell/argument delimiter patterns in parameters can slow exploitation but is easily bypassed by encoding tricks, so it must not be treated as a substitute for patching. Finally, enable and review audit logging for authenticated sessions spawning child processes or invoking system utilities, since successful CWE-88 exploitation will typically appear as an unexpected process launch under the application's service account, and rotating credentials for the application service account limits the value of a successful command execution.

Affected VersionsENISA

Verify Identity Access Container 11.0 ≤11.0.3
Security Verify Access Container 10.0 ≤10.0.9.2
Verify Identity Access 11.0 ≤11.0.3
Security Verify Access 10.0 ≤10.0.9.2

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

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-88, Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection'), a close relative of OS command injection. Rather than concatenating raw shell text, the affected IBM code passes attacker-influenced values into a process invocation where argument or option delimiters (for example leading hyphens, '--', spaces, or quoting characters) are not escaped or validated, so the value is reinterpreted as additional arguments or as a separate command rather than as inert data. That distinction matters operationally: defenses such as escaping shell metacharacters may not help, because the payload is being parsed by the target program's own argument parser, and an injected option can change the program's behavior (reading or writing files, executing subcommands) even without shell involvement. The affected CPEs identify four distinct assets - ibm:security_verify_access, ibm:verify_identity_access, and the parallel ibm:security_verify_access_container and ibm:verify_identity_access_container products - confirming that the flaw lives in shared application code shipped both as an appliance/software deployment and as container images, so patching only the virtual appliance while leaving containerized instances untouched leaves the exposure in place. Because the vendor classifies the issue as remote and low-privilege authenticated (PR:L) with no UI requirement, the vulnerable surface is any function reachable by a normal authenticated session that forwards user-controlled parameters to an external helper or system command; the input does not document a non-default feature flag that must be enabled first, so default configurations in the affected version ranges should be assumed reachable. Note that the supplied tag set includes 'Information Disclosure', which is narrower than what the description and the 8.8 CVSS score describe (arbitrary command execution with high integrity and availability impact); the command-execution characterization should be treated as authoritative, with disclosure being at most a side effect of code execution.

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Severity by source

Vendor (ibm) PRIMARY 8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 8.8 HIGH

Network-reachable with only a low-privilege account and no user interaction; argument injection yields arbitrary command execution, giving full host confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (ibm).

CVSS VectorVendor: ibm

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

DescriptionCVE.org

IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of command arguments.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

IBM Security Verify Access (versions 10.0 through 10.0.9.2) and IBM Verify Identity Access (versions 11.0 through 11.0.3), including their container images, contain a high-severity command injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-19482) that allows an authenticated low-privilege user to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying system, leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Organizations using these products are exposed to insider threats or escalation from compromised low-privilege accounts, and unpatched deployments remain at risk until the vendor patch is applied. While no public exploit has been identified, leadership should prioritize patching because the required authentication can be obtained by any valid user, and the impact is complete system takeover.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 67% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise IAM appliance, common in large orgs but not everywhere
Data Quality
5 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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

44
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +44
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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