CVE-2026-13460 (GCVE-0-2026-13460)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 19:37 – Updated: 2026-08-13 19:37
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Title
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
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Assigner
ibm
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283308 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Storage Scale Affected: 5.2.3.0 , ≤ 5.2.3.8 (semver)
Affected: 6.0.0.0 , ≤ 6.0.1.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_scale:5.2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_scale:5.2.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_scale:6.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_scale:6.0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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