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title: "CVE-2026-18740: IBM Security Verify Access & IBM Verify Identity Access - Broken Access Control"
description: "IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.3 contain an argument injection vulnerability in unspecified components, letting remote authenticated attackers perform unauthorized actions."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-18740/
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# CVE-2026-18740 IBM Security Verify Access & IBM Verify Identity Access - Broken Access Control

IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.3 contain an argument injection vulnerability in unspecified components, letting remote authenticated attackers perform unauthorized actions.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.35% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18740)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Broken Access Control

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

8 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-88](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/88.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to versions later than 10.0.9.2 for Security Verify Access and later than 11.0.3 for Verify Identity Access or latest available versions.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18740](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18740)
- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291628](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291628)

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