CVE-2026-19178 PUBLISHED

TS4500 Tape Library Race Condition

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 06.08.2026 Published: 19.10.2026 Updated: 20.10.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.8

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	High	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	IBM
Product	Storage TS4500 Library
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 1.1.1.6 to 1.12.0.3 (incl.)

Solutions

For the 1.12.0 release, upgrade to firmware version 1.12.0.4 Fix Pack or later, available from IBM Fix Central http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/ http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/ .

All future releases will include the fix for this vulnerability.

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7292610

Problem Types

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') CWE