CVE-2026-19178 (GCVE-0-2026-19178)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-19 22:50 – Updated: 2026-10-19 22:50
VLAI
Title
TS4500 Tape Library Race Condition
Summary
IBM Storage TS4500 Library 1.1.1.6 through 1.12.0.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain unauthorized administrative privileges due to a race condition.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Assigner
ibm CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 88/100 over 1278 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7292610 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Storage TS4500 Library Affected: 1.1.1.6 , ≤ 1.12.0.3 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:h:ibm:storage_ts4500_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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