Vulnerability · Published Apr 30, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-6389IBM Turbonomic Prometurbo agent used by IBM Turbonomic Application Resource Management is affected by a single vulnerability

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in Turbonomic prometurbo agent from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Turbonomic prometurbo agent 8.16.0 through 8.17.6 IBM Turbonomic Application Resource Management grants excessive cluster‑wide permissions, including unrestricted read access to all secrets. An attacker that compromises the operator or its service account can exfiltrate sensitive credentials, escalate privileges, and potentially achieve full cluster compromise.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Turbonomic prometurbo agent	8.16.0 – through 8.17.6

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7270720 vendor-advisory, patch