CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2026-8860
Medium (6.5) in ibm. EPSS 0.3% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
IBM Security Verify Directory 10.0.0 through 10.0.4 and IBM Verify Directory 11.0.0 accepts GET requests for authentication, allowing credentials to be passed as URL parameters. This causes passwords to be exposed in browser history and server logs.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.3% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 18th percentile. Scored 2026-11-10. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial, assessed 2026-11-09. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-650 Trusting HTTP Permission Methods on the Server Side
- Published
- Modified
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting analysis
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Affected
- ibm:security verify directory
- ibm:verify directory
Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| IBM Security Verify Directory | from 10.0.0 through 10.0.4 |
| IBM Verify Directory | 11.0.0 |