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CVE-2026-13473 (GCVE-0-2026-13473)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-17 19:58 – Updated: 2026-07-23 03:56

Title

IBM Storage Protect Client is vulnerable to Heap-Based Buffer Overflow

Summary

IBM Storage Protect Client 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.27.0, 8.1.27.1, and 8.2.0.0 through 8.2.1.0 IBM Storage Protect is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the server to crash.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-22 00:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Assigner

ibm mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7279728	vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
IBM	Storage Protect Client	Affected: 8.1.0.0 , ≤ 8.1.27.0, 8.1.27.1 (semver) Affected: 8.2.0.0 , ≤ 8.2.1.0 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect_client:8.1.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect_client:8.1.27.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect_client:8.2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_protect_client:8.2.1.0:::::::*

Credits

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Pétur Eyþórsson and Cristie Nordic.

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FKIE_CVE-2026-13473

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-17 20:17 - Updated: 2026-08-11 23:27

Severity

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@us.ibm.com	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7279728	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	ibm	storage_protect	*
	microsoft	windows	-

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GHSA-9QHH-4VX4-2PQX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-17 21:31 – Updated: 2026-07-17 21:31

Details

Severity

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "id": "GHSA-9qhh-4vx4-2pqx",
  "modified": "2026-07-17T21:31:43Z",
  "published": "2026-07-17T21:31:43Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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}

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