IBM Storage Scale up to 5.2.3.8/6.0.1.0 Management GUI information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in IBM Storage Scale up to 5.2.3.8/6.0.1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Management GUI. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-19483. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Storage Scale up to 5.2.3.8/6.0.1.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Management GUI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Storage Scale 5.2.3.0 through 5.2.3.8, and 6.0.0.0 through 6.0.1.0 Secrets may be disclosed in log files in IBM Storage Scale Management GUI The admin password is logged into the GUI log of IBM Storage Scale Systems Deploy and Upgrade from GUI. Secrets may be disclosed in information related to exceptions in IBM Storage Scale Management GUI.

It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-19483 since 08/10/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/14/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-58476). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Storage Scale

Version

• 5.2.3.0
• 5.2.3.1
• 5.2.3.2
• 5.2.3.3
• 5.2.3.4
• 5.2.3.5
• 5.2.3.6
• 5.2.3.7
• 5.2.3.8
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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