CVE-2026-76052

The following vulnerabilities that can affect IBM Storage Scale and IBM Storage Scale System and the Management GUI are now fixed in 5.2.3.9/6.2.3.7 or higher and 6.0.1.1/7.0.1.1 or higher

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Published Nov 8, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Storage Scale System 6.2.3.0 through 6.2.3.6, and 7.0.0.0 through 7.0.1.0 and IBM Storage Scale 6.0.0.0 through 6.0.1.0, and 5.2.3.0 through 5.2.3.8 could allow an attacker to leverage an undocumented flag to gain access to an unauthenticated path in the REST API.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Storage Scale System

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.2.3.0`	affected	≤ 6.2.3.6
`7.0.0.0`	affected	≤ 7.0.1.0

IBM

Storage Scale

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.0.0.0`	affected	≤ 6.0.1.0
`5.2.3.0`	affected	≤ 5.2.3.8

No data.

Vendor Product Versions

Ibm

Storage Scale

Version	Status	Scheme	Platform
`[6.0.0.0,6.0.1.0]`	affected	generic	—
`[5.2.3.0,5.2.3.8]`	affected	generic	—

Ibm

Storage Scale System

Version	Status	Scheme	Platform
`[6.2.3.0,6.2.3.6]`	affected	generic	—
`[7.0.0.0,7.0.1.0]`	affected	generic	—

Remediation

Vendor Solution

For IBM Storage Scale 5.2.3.x, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability by upgrading to 5.2.3.9 or later: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Scale&release=5.2.3&platform=All&function=all For IBM Storage Scale 6.0.x, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability by upgrading to 6.0.1.1 or later: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Scale&release=6.0.1&platform=All&function=all For IBM Storage Scale System 6.2.3.x, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability by upgrading to 6.2.3.7 or later: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Scale+System&release=6.2.3&platform=All&function=all For IBM Storage Scale System 7.0.x, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability by upgrading to 7.0.1.1 or later: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Scale+System&release=7.0.1&platform=All&function=all

Tracking

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.108% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295211

History

Nov 9, 2026 8:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Nov 8, 2026 5:45 PM Description updated. Title updated. First appearance in the feed. Weaknesses updated. Affected versions updated. Affected vendors updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		IBM Storage Scale System 6.2.3.0 through 6.2.3.6, and 7.0.0.0 through 7.0.1.0 and IBM Storage Scale 6.0.0.0 through 6.0.1.0, and 5.2.3.0 through 5.2.3.8 could allow an attacker to leverage an undocumented flag to gain access to an unauthenticated path in the REST API.
Title		The following vulnerabilities that can affect IBM Storage Scale and IBM Storage Scale System and the Management GUI are now fixed in 5.2.3.9/6.2.3.7 or higher and 6.0.1.1/7.0.1.1 or higher
First Time appeared		Ibm Ibm storage Scale Ibm storage Scale System
Weaknesses		CWE-288
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_scale:5.2.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_scale_system:6.2.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_scale_system:6.2.3.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_scale_system:7.0.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_scale_system:7.0.1.0:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Ibm Ibm storage Scale Ibm storage Scale System
References		https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295211
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}`