# CVE-2026-14375: The following vulnerabilities that can affect IBM Storage Scale Install Toolkit are now fixed in 5.2.3.9 or higher and 6.0.1.1 or higher

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-08. Updated: 2026-11-08.

IBM Storage Scale 5.2.3.0 through 5.2.3.8, and 6.0.1.0 does not validate or improperly validates TLS certificate validation when communicating with remote cluster GUI interfaces, which could allow an attacker to inject forged JSON responses using man in the middle techniques.

## Remediation

- fix: For IBM Storage Scale 5.2.3.x, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability by upgrading to 5.2.3.9 or later:



 https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Scale&release=5.2.3&platform=All&function=all 







For IBM Storage Scale 6.0.1.x, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability by upgrading to 6.0.1.1 or later:



 https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Scale&release=6.0.1&platform=All&function=all (source: CNA: ibm)
- fix: The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches. (source: CNA: ibm) — https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291325

## Affected products and versions

- IBM / Storage Scale: 6.0.1.0 (affected, semver); ≥ 5.2.3.0; ≤ 5.2.3.8 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: ibm

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 5.9 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N; source: CNA: ibm

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-295

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291325 (CNA: ibm; vendor-advisory, patch)

## Provenance

- CNA: ibm: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14375; retrieved 2026-11-08; source updated 2026-11-08

Revision: ea9a86b8bf88b0a2c3846978ed4df85c45dcbf047dd5c17f063ac375a67f40e9

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