Affects IBM Verify/Verify Access IAM appliances — compromise grants elevated/admin access to authentication infrastructure used widely in enterprises.
CVE-2026-109126
Hard-coded credentials enable local privilege escalation on IBM Verify/Verify Access appliances.
Is CVE-2026-109126 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-109126 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked.
How severe is CVE-2026-109126?
CVE-2026-109126 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-109126?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-109126, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-109126 affect?
CVE-2026-109126 affects IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0.3.1, IBM Security Verify Access 10.0.9.3 Appliance. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-109126?
Apply vendor guidance, isolate affected appliances, rotate creds and monitor for unauthorized access.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Physically proximate attacker can use hard-coded credentials to gain elevated/admin privileges on the appliance, bypass auth and enable account takeover or lateral movement.
Immediate action required
- affected10.0.9.3
- affected11.0.3.1
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.