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CVE-2026-12628

IBM Storage Protect Client 8.1.0.0 through 8.2.1.0 and IBM Storage Protect Snapshot For Windows 8.1.0.0 through 8.2.1.0 could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication due to the use of a hardcoded credential in the FlashCopy Manager (FCM) authentication mechanism. The application contains a static credential embedded in multiple authentication code paths, and does not properly validate authentication responses, which may allow an unauthenticated attacker to establish a trusted session an
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:7bc375f8f0b1242a2174c2eeae08a4124c9bed1fc2ae41bbd7042024a9e15831
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect_snapshot_for_windows:8.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect_snapshot_for_windows:8.2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Storage Protect Snapshot For Windows","vendor":"IBM","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"8.2.1.0","status":"affected","version":"8.1.0.0","versionType":"semver"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:917edc332f49f9476177a15912eadbfca53aab786262a1dd9997680c97fc94de · sha256:535e24424a50e2ea… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect_client:8.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect_client:8.2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Storage Protect Client","vendor":"IBM","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"8.2.1.0","status":"affected","version":"8.1.0.0","versionType":"semver"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:917edc332f49f9476177a15912eadbfca53aab786262a1dd9997680c97fc94de · sha256:535e24424a50e2ea… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect_snapshot_for_windows:8.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect_snapshot_for_windows:8.2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Storage Protect Snapshot For Windows","vendor":"IBM","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"8.2.1.0","status":"affected","version":"8.1.0.0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:917edc332f49f9476177a15912eadbfca53aab786262a1dd9997680c97fc94de · sha256:535e24424a50e2ea… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect_client:8.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect_client:8.2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Storage Protect Client","vendor":"IBM","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"8.2.1.0","status":"affected","version":"8.1.0.0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:917edc332f49f9476177a15912eadbfca53aab786262a1dd9997680c97fc94de · sha256:535e24424a50e2ea… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":9.1,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:917edc332f49f9476177a15912eadbfca53aab786262a1dd9997680c97fc94de · sha256:535e24424a50e2ea… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-798","description":"CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:917edc332f49f9476177a15912eadbfca53aab786262a1dd9997680c97fc94de · sha256:535e24424a50e2ea… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"tags":["vendor-advisory","patch"],"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7277245"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:917edc332f49f9476177a15912eadbfca53aab786262a1dd9997680c97fc94de · sha256:535e24424a50e2ea… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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