Enterprise IAM product used widely; auth bypass can enable impersonation, lateral movement and major access compromise across organizations.
CVE-2026-19494
Authentication bypass in IBM Security Verify Access / Verify Identity Access allowing unauthorized access.
Is CVE-2026-19494 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-19494 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. EPSS currently estimates a 0.29% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-19494?
CVE-2026-19494 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.1. 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-2026-19494?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-19494. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-19494 affect?
CVE-2026-19494 affects IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 - 10.0.9.2, IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 - 11.0.3. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-19494?
Apply vendor updates/mitigations ASAP; restrict admin access and monitor auth logs.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote authenticated attacker can bypass authentication controls to access protected resources, impersonate users, and escalate privileges.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 10.0 and <= 10.0.9.2
- affected>= 10.0 and <= 10.0.9.2
- affected>= 11.0 and <= 11.0.3
- affected>= 11.0 and <= 11.0.3
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.