# CVE-2026-13460: Hardcoded credentials in Storage Scale

> Attackers can exploit hardcoded tokens in IBM Storage Scale GUI to bypass authentication and access cluster communication or REST APIs.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 17 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xr96-mx7v-w32h

## What is CVE-2026-13460?

CVE-2026-13460 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Scale, published on 13 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Storage Scale 5.2.3.0 through 5.2.3.8, and 6.0.0.0 through 6.0.1.0 GUI contains a hardcoded token in the source code, which was used for inter-node cluster communication and REST API authentication between GUI.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-13460?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Storage Scale.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-13460?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-13460 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-13460 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-13460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Scale

- [CVE-2024-31891](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31891/): IBM Storage Scale privilege escalation (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-1137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1137/): IBM Storage Scale command injection (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-31892](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31892/): IBM Storage Scale SQL injection (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-19483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19483/): Information disclosure in Storage Scale (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-14604](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14604/): Privilege escalation in Storage Scale (medium 6.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-13460 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-13460 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Scale, published on 13 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-13460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Storage Scale. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-13460/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-13460/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-13460
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13460
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-13460

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-13460/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.