MajorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-8639 (CVSS 8.8)

NVD · officialPublished Nov 8, 2026Risk 37/100EPSS 0.3%

IBM Security Verify Directory 10.0.0 through 10.0.4 and IBM Verify Directory 11.0.0 is vulnerable to session fixation. An attacker can establish a session and, after the victim authenticates, hijack the authenticated session to gain unauthorized access to the directory management console.

Technical details

CVSS

8.8

AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:LowUI:NoneC:HighI:HighA:High

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