CVE-2019-4558: IBM Spectrum Scale

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.3.2 and IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.17 that could allow a local attacker to obtain root privilege by injecting parameters into setuid files.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Scale: from 4.2.0.0, up to and including 4.2.3.17; from 5.0.0.0, up to and including 5.0.3.2

Published 2019-10-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.