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title: "CVE-2026-19620: IBM Planning Analytics - Authentication Bypass"
description: "IBM Planning Analytics 2.0 and 2.1 contain a broken authentication caused by improper authentication, letting remote attackers gain unauthorized administrative access, exploit requires no special conditions."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-19620/
---

# CVE-2026-19620 IBM Planning Analytics - Authentication Bypass

IBM Planning Analytics 2.0 and 2.1 contain a broken authentication caused by improper authentication, letting remote attackers gain unauthorized administrative access, exploit requires no special conditions.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.34% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19620)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

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

Published

12 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-288](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/288.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of IBM Planning Analytics.

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-2026-19620](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19620)
- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291604](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291604)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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