IBM Verify Identity Access Container up to 11.0.2 Reverse Proxy request smuggling

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in IBM Verify Identity Access Container, Security Verify Access Container, Verify Identity Access and Security Verify Access up to 11.0.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Reverse Proxy Handler. Such manipulation leads to request smuggling. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-2862. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Verify Identity Access Container, Security Verify Access Container, Verify Identity Access and Security Verify Access up to 11.0.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Reverse Proxy Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a request smuggling vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-444. The product acts as an intermediary HTTP agent (such as a proxy or firewall) in the data flow between two entities such as a client and server, but it does not interpret malformed HTTP requests or responses in ways that are consistent with how the messages will be processed by those entities that are at the ultimate destination. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM Verify Identity Access Container 11.0 through 11.0.2 and IBM Security Verify Access Container 10.0 through 10.0.9.1 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.2 and IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.1 IBM Security Verify could allow a remote attacker to access sensitive information due to an inconsistent interpretation of an HTTP request by a reverse proxy.

The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-2862 since 02/20/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/02/2026).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Virtualization Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Security Verify Access
• Security Verify Access Container
• Verify Identity Access
• Verify Identity Access Container

Version

• 11.0.0
• 11.0.1
• 11.0.2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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