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CVE-2026-11921 – Insufficiently Protected Credentials / Stale Password Reuse – IBM Verify Identity A

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Summary

CVE-2026-11921 is a critical credential-handling flaw in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access. Affected containers may fail to correctly apply management password change operations, meaning a previously set administrative password can remain valid even after it has supposedly been changed. IBM’s CVE record rates the issue 9.1 (Critical) under CVSS v3.1, reflecting a network-exploitable weakness with no privileges or user interaction required.

Technical details

  • Root cause: The containerized management interface of IBM Verify Identity Access / IBM Security Verify Access does not correctly enforce password change operations, classified as CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials).
  • Trigger condition: An administrator (or the platform) performs a management password change on an affected container deployment; the old credential is not properly invalidated.
  • Attack vector: Network — the flaw can potentially be leveraged remotely against the exposed management interface without requiring privileges or user interaction, per the published CVSS vector.
  • Impact: High confidentiality and integrity impact. Stale or superseded management passwords may continue to grant access to the identity and access management platform, undermining credential rotation and access-revocation controls.

Affected software

  • IBM Verify Identity Access: 11.0.0 through 11.0.3 IF1
  • IBM Verify Identity Access Container: 11.0.0 through 11.0.3 IF1
  • IBM Security Verify Access: 10.0.0 through 10.0.9.2 IF1
  • IBM Security Verify Access Container: 10.0.0 through 10.0.9.2 IF1

Severity

CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 9.1 (Critical)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Mitigation and recommended actions

  • Immediate: Upgrade to the fixed interim fix releases:
    • IBM Verify Identity Access → v11.0.3 IF2
    • IBM Verify Identity Access Container → v11.0.3 IF2 (container image)
    • IBM Security Verify Access → v10.0.9.2 IF2
    • IBM Security Verify Access Container → v10.0.9.2 IF2
  • If patching cannot occur immediately: Restrict network access to the management interfaces of Verify Identity Access / Security Verify Access to trusted administrative networks only, and treat any management password rotated prior to patching as potentially still exposed — rotate credentials again immediately after applying the fix.
  • Validation: After upgrading, confirm that previously "changed" management passwords no longer authenticate, and audit administrative access logs for use of old credentials.

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