# CVE-2026-78401 — IBM Security Verify Access

> As of 2026-10-10, CVE-2026-78401 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Verify Access, CVSS v3.1 9.8, EPSS 0.5% (45.4th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-78401, most recently “IBM Verify Access / Verify Identity Access: 22 Flaws Patched Incl. Unauthenticated RCE via Deserialization (CVE-2026-78401, CVE-2026-78406)”.

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

## What is CVE-2026-78401?

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 unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system due to the deserialization of untrusted data.

The record classifies CVE-2026-78401 under weakness class [CWE-502](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-502). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 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:** 9.8 — CRITICAL (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.4% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 6.7/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-10-08, last modified 2026-10-10

## Is CVE-2026-78401 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 45 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-2026-78401

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-78401 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-2026-78401

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-78401, 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-2026-78401
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-78401 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp