CVE-2026-19494

HIGHNVD 6.58.1▲
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-10-08. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 1.6.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper authentication.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
8.1HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
41
EG Risk 41/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity81% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
22nd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

October 8, 2026

Last Modified

October 9, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026
No fix on record yet.
generic

Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291628

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-19494(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-09 20:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-09 14:54 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-09 14:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-09 14:31 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 6.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  5. 2026-10-09 10:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-08 21:37 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-08 21:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-08 21:19 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-08 21:18 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-19494?
CVE-2026-19494 is a high vulnerability published on October 8, 2026. IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper authentication.
When was CVE-2026-19494 disclosed?
CVE-2026-19494 was first published on October 8, 2026, with the most recent update on October 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-19494 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-19494 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (22nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-19494?
CVE-2026-19494 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 8.1 (HIGH).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-19494?
No fix for CVE-2026-19494 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-19494 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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