CVE-2026-6389

IBM Turbonomic Prometurbo agent used by IBM Turbonomic Application Resource Management is affected by a single vulnerability

Published Apr 30, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by re-installing a version of prometurbo with the required fixes. Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/InstructionsIBM Turbonomic prometurbo agent8.18.0 Follow the installation instructions https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/tarm/8.19.4 from the IBM Turbonomic documentation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ibm:turbonomic_prometurbo_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title IBM Turbonomic Prometurbo agent used by IBM Turbonomic Application Resource Management is affected by a single vulnerability
First Time appeared Ibm
Ibm turbonomic Prometurbo Agent
Weaknesses CWE-269
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ibm:turbonomic_prometurbo_agent:8.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:turbonomic_prometurbo_agent:8.17.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ibm
Ibm turbonomic Prometurbo Agent
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ibm
Published
Updated
May 1, 2026, 4:37 PM
Reserved
Apr 15, 2026, 7:41 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 30, 2026, 10:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 9:10 PM