CVE-2026-4938

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-17. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.2 and IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.1 and IBM Verify Identity Access Container 11.0 through 11.0.2 and IBM Security Verify Access Container 10.0 through 10.0.9.1 could allow an attacker with read-only privileges to make unauthorized modifications and deployments outside of their assigned permissions.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 17, 2026

Last Modified

July 30, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 17, 2026
Patch available.
generic Patch Available

Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7279510

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-4938(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-30 13:29 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-30 13:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-29 17:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-28 18:24 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-28 18:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-28 15:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-28 09:29 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-28 09:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-27 10:23 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-27 10:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-26 11:17 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-26 11:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-23 03:18 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-23 00:12 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-23 00:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-17 22:04 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-17 22:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-17 19:50 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-17 19:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-4938?
CVE-2026-4938 is a medium vulnerability published on July 17, 2026. IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.2 and IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.1 and IBM Verify Identity Access Container 11.0 through 11.0.2 and IBM Security Verify Access Container 10.0 through 10.0.9.1 could allow an attacker with read-only privileges to make unauthorized…
When was CVE-2026-4938 disclosed?
CVE-2026-4938 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 17, 2026, with the most recent update on July 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-4938 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-4938 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 92.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-4938?
CVE-2026-4938 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-4938?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-4938, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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