IBM Turbonomic Prometurbo agent used by IBM Turbonomic Application Resource Management is affected by a single vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-6389
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneribm
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-30 22:16:26 UTC
Updated2026-04-30 22:16:26 UTC
DescriptionIBM Turbonomic prometurbo agent 8.16.0 through 8.17.6 IBM Turbonomic Application Resource Management grants excessive cluster‑wide permissions, including unrestricted read access to all secrets. An attacker that compromises the operator or its service account can exfiltrate sensitive credentials, escalate privileges, and potentially achieve full cluster compromise.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-269 | CWE-269 CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA IBM Turbonomic Prometurbo Agent affected 8.16.0 8.17.6 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7270720 [email protected] www.ibm.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: This vulnerability was reported to IBM by Lior Yakim. (en)

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by re-installing a version of prometurbo with the required fixes. Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/InstructionsIBM Turbonomic prometurbo agent8.18.0 Follow the installation instructions https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/tarm/8.19.4 from the IBM Turbonomic documentation

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