# CVE-2026-78388 — IBM Security Verify Access

> As of 2026-10-08, CVE-2026-78388 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Verify Access, CVSS v3.1 4.3, EPSS 0.1% (1.2th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-78388, most recently “IBM Verify Access / Verify Identity Access: 22 Flaws Patched Incl. Unauthenticated RCE via Deserialization (CVE-2026-78401, CVE-2026-78406)”.

**Last updated:** 2026-10-08

## What is CVE-2026-78388?

IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.3 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.

The record classifies CVE-2026-78388 under weakness class [CWE-352](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-352). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first. 4 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 4 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 4.3 — MEDIUM (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.2% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 2.2/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-10-08

## Is CVE-2026-78388 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 34 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [IBM](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/ibm): Security Verify Access, Verify Identity Access, Security Verify Access Container, Verify Identity Access Container

## How to fix CVE-2026-78388

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-78388 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-78388

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-78388, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [IBM Verify Access / Verify Identity Access: 22 Flaws Patched Incl. Unauthenticated RCE via Deserialization (CVE-2026-78401, CVE-2026-78406)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-3352) — CRITICAL · 2026-10-12

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-12.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [ibm.com — vendor advisory](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7291628)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-78388
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-78388 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp