Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate with high-privilege access
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ExploitSubmit crafted input triggering argument injection
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ExecutionForge or tamper audit log entries
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ImpactObscure actions and defeat forensic trail
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Argument sanitization
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an already-authenticated high-privilege account on the IBM Security Verify Access / Verify Identity Access management interface (CVSS PR:H), which is the primary limiting factor - an unauthenticated or low-privilege user cannot trigger it. The flaw is argument/parameter injection (CWE-88) into functionality that writes audit log records; the attacker must have access to the feature that generates those log entries. No user interaction is needed (UI:N) and the interface is network-reachable (AV:N), but the high-privilege requirement confines realistic risk to insider misuse or an attacker who has already compromised a privileged credential. Impact is limited to audit log integrity; no confidentiality or availability effect. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-priority issue, and the available signals are consistent rather than conflicting. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 2.7 (Low) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N: although the attack vector is network-reachable with low complexity, it requires high privileges (PR:H) and yields only a low integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability impact. The weakness (CWE-88, argument/parameter injection leading to audit log forgery) is an integrity-only defect against logging data, not a path to code execution or data theft. No EPSS score was supplied, the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, and no public proof-of-concept was referenced - so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of exploitation. The only meaningful signal is that IBM has shipped a patch. Net: a real but minor hardening fix affecting audit/forensic integrity, not an urgent remediation; prioritize via normal patch cycles. Note the 'Information Disclosure' tag conflicts with the actual impact (C:N, I:L - this is a log-integrity/repudiation issue, not disclosure); treat the tag with caution. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds high-privilege access to an IBM Security Verify Access or Verify Identity Access instance crafts input that injects or alters entries in the audit log, forging or suppressing records of their activity. Because integrity impact is low and confidentiality/availability are unaffected, the practical consequence is undermining forensic trails and repudiation rather than compromise of protected data. No public exploit code was identified. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026
High-privileged, already-authenticated administrators on the management interface of IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.3 can forge or tamper with audit log records by injecting argument delimiters into the logging functionality (CWE-88). Because the CVSS vector is PR:H, only an account that already holds elevated privileges on the management console can reach the affected feature, so realistic exposure is confined to insider misuse or an attacker who has already stolen a privileged credential; no user interaction is required and the interface is network-reachable, but impact is limited to audit log integrity with no confidentiality or availability effect. There is no vendor indication of exploitation, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; severity is low (CVSS 2.7), and a patch is available per the vendor advisory.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to the fixed release specified in the IBM advisory at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291628 - patch available per vendor advisory; exact fixed version numbers are not stated in the available data and should be taken from that page (versions above 10.0.9.2 for Security Verify Access and above 11.0.3 for Verify Identity Access, plus the corresponding updated container images). Until the upgrade is applied, reduce exposure by restricting the management interface to trusted administrative networks and jump hosts (trade-off: complicates remote administration and requires VPN/bastion maintenance), aggressively minimizing the number of PR:H accounts that can reach audit-logging features (trade-off: added administrative overhead and possible operational delays during incidents), and forwarding audit logs in real time to a remote, append-only or WORM SIEM/collection store so locally forged entries can be corroborated or detected (trade-off: extra network dependency, storage cost, and possible ingestion latency, and it only helps if the off-box path is itself immutable). Because exploitation requires an already high-privileged account, monitoring privileged administrator activity and reviewing log continuity/hash chains for gaps or inconsistencies provides a practical detection compensating control while the patch is scheduled.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is rooted in CWE-88, improper neutralization of argument delimiters - an argument/parameter injection class in which attacker-influenced input containing delimiters is passed into a command or function call that writes audit log records, allowing the resulting log entry to be altered or fabricated. The affected component is the audit-logging path of IBM Security Verify Access and IBM Verify Identity Access, including their container editions, as identified by the CPE entries cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_verify_access, cpe:2.3:a:ibm:verify_identity_access, cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_verify_access_container and cpe:2.3:a:ibm:verify_identity_access_container. Because the write path requires the privileged management interface (CVSS PR:H), the attack surface is an authenticated administrative workflow rather than an externally reachable service endpoint, and the only modified security property is integrity of the audit trail (C:N/I:L/A:N).
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Network-reachable management interface (AV:N/AC:L) but requires an existing high-privilege account (PR:H); impact is limited to audit-log integrity (I:L), with no confidentiality or availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (ibm).
CVSS VectorNVD
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionNVD
IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.3 may be vulnerable to audit log forgery.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
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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