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GHSA-XR96-MX7V-W32H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-13 21:36 – Updated: 2026-08-13 21:36

Details

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

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  "id": "GHSA-xr96-mx7v-w32h",
  "modified": "2026-08-13T21:36:05Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T21:36:05Z",
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CVE-2026-13460 (GCVE-0-2026-13460)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 19:37 – Updated: 2026-08-13 19:37

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

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

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283308	vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

1 product

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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            "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_scale:6.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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GHSA-XR96-MX7V-W32H

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

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