# CVE-2026-76052: The following vulnerabilities that can affect IBM Storage Scale and IBM Storage Scale System and the Management GUI are now fixed in 5.2.3.9/6.2.3.7 or higher and 6.0.1.1/7.0.1.1 or higher

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

IBM Storage Scale System 6.2.3.0 through 6.2.3.6, and 7.0.0.0 through 7.0.1.0 and IBM Storage Scale 6.0.0.0 through 6.0.1.0, and 5.2.3.0 through 5.2.3.8 could allow an attacker to leverage an undocumented flag to gain access to an unauthenticated path in the REST API.

## 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.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 







For IBM Storage Scale System 6.2.3.x, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability by upgrading to 6.2.3.7 or later:
 https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Scale+System&release=6.2.3&platform=All&function=all 







For IBM Storage Scale System 7.0.x, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability by upgrading to 7.0.1.1 or later:
 https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Scale+System&release=7.0.1&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/7295211

## Affected products and versions

- IBM / Storage Scale System: ≥ 6.2.3.0; ≤ 6.2.3.6 (affected, semver); ≥ 7.0.0.0; ≤ 7.0.1.0 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: ibm
- IBM / Storage Scale: ≥ 6.0.0.0; ≤ 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: 6 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N; source: CNA: ibm

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-288

## Exploit evidence

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

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295211 (CNA: ibm; vendor-advisory, patch)

## Provenance

- CNA: ibm: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-76052; retrieved 2026-11-08; source updated 2026-11-08

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