CVE-2026-13460CWE-798hardcoded-credentials

CVE-2026-13460

High · published August 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
40.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

IBM Storage Scale 5.2.3.0 through 5.2.3.8, and 6.0.0.0 through 6.0.1.0 GUI contains a hardcoded token in the source code, which was used for inter-node cluster communication and REST API authentication between GUI.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00485 · 40.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2026-08-14T00:17Z
Affected products (2)
ProductVersionsFixed in
ibm/storage_scale≥ 5.2.3.0, < 5.2.3.95.2.3.9
ibm/storage_scale≥ 6.0.0.0, < 6.0.1.16.0.1.1
References (1)
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283308 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 AUG 19:37Z
    The following vulnerabilities that can affect IBM Storage Scale and the Management GUI are now fixed in 5.2.3.9 or higher and 6.0.1.1 or higher
    cvelistv5