Vulnerability · Published Aug 13, 2026 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2026-13460The 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
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity hard-coded credentials in Storage Scale from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | Storage Scale | 5.2.3.0 – through 5.2.3.86.0.0.0 – through 6.0.1.0 |
Weakness: CWE-798 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283308 vendor-advisory, patch