# CVE-2026-19483: Information disclosure in Storage Scale

> Attackers with log access can read admin passwords and secrets from IBM Storage Scale Management GUI logs, requiring an upgrade to secure versions.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7rxm-j98h-5mw7

## What is CVE-2026-19483?

CVE-2026-19483 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Scale, published on 13 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-19483?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Storage Scale.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-19483?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-19483 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-19483 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-19483 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-2026-13460](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-13460/): Hardcoded credentials in Storage Scale (high 7.5)
- [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-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-2026-19483 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-19483 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Scale, published on 13 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-19483 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-2026-19483/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19483/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-19483
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19483
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-19483

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19483/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.