# CVE-2026-8861: IBM Security Verify information disclosure via verbose error messages

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-8861-ibm-security-verify-information-disclosure-via-verbose-error  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-07-17. Updated: 2026-07-17  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-8861 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.3 · Published 2026-07-17

IBM Security Verify, a solution used for managing user identities and access to applications, is vulnerable to information disclosure. An attacker can trigger specific errors that cause the system to display detailed technical messages in the web browser. This technical data could reveal internal system details that help an attacker plan more sophisticated follow-up attacks against the organization's security infrastructure.

Technologies: [IBM Security Verify Access](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/security-verify-access), [IBM Security Verify Access Container](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/security-verify-access-container), [IBM Verify Identity Access](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/verify-identity-access), [IBM Verify Identity Access Container](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/verify-identity-access-container). Vendors: [IBM](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/ibm).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-8861 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-8861 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-8861?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 17 July 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** IBM Security Verify Access 10.0.0 through 10.0.9.1; IBM Security Verify Access Container 10.0.0 through 10.0.9.1; IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0.0 through 11.0.2; IBM Verify Identity Access Container 11.0.0 through 11.0.2.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-8861?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-8861 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-8861?** Check whether you run IBM Security Verify Access, IBM Security Verify Access Container, IBM Verify Identity Access or one of the others listed at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

IBM Security Verify is vulnerable to CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information). The application fails to properly sanitize or suppress verbose technical error messages before they are sent to the client's browser. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can trigger these errors through standard network requests. The resulting messages may contain sensitive system metadata or configuration details that facilitate reconnaissance for further exploitation. IBM has addressed this in recent updates for both standard and containerized versions of Verify Identity Access and Security Verify Access.

## Affected products

- IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0.0 through 11.0.2
- IBM Security Verify Access 10.0.0 through 10.0.9.1
- IBM Verify Identity Access Container 11.0.0 through 11.0.2
- IBM Security Verify Access Container 10.0.0 through 10.0.9.1

## Timeline

- 2026-07-17: disclosed
- 2026-07-17: advisory

## References

- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7279510](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7279510)

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