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VulnerabilityReceived

CVE-2026-75878

IBM Sterling File Gateway could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and obtain a fully authenticated session due to improper authentication via an unvalidated SSO header.

CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 0.48%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

IBM Sterling File Gateway could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and obtain a fully authenticated session due to improper authentication via an unvalidated SSO header.

CVSS 3.1
9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.48% probability · 40th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%19 September 2026: 0.48%19 September 202619 September 2026

EPSS 0.5% since 19 September 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.