Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-4051

High
Microsoft: not affectedMSmacOS: not affectedMacLinux: not affectedLnxMobile: not affectedMobNetwork: not affectedNetApplication: affectedAppOther: not affectedOth

Published: 26 May 2026

Published
26 May 2026
Modified
27 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0001 2.8th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-4051 is a high-severity Exposed Dangerous Method or Function (CWE-749) vulnerability in Ibm Engineering Lifecycle Management. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 2.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique.
Threat & Defense Details

Likely Mitigating ControlsAI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CM-7 Least Functionality
addresses: CWE-749

Explicitly prohibiting dangerous or unnecessary functions and services prevents exposure of methods that could be directly exploited.

SC-25 Thin Nodes
addresses: CWE-749

Minimal functionality removes or avoids exposure of dangerous methods and functions.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
attack.mitre.org →
Why these techniques?

Admin-privileged RCE via improperly restricted exposed method in a server application directly enables exploitation of public-facing apps (T1190) and arbitrary command execution (T1059).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management 7.0.3, 7.1.0, and 7.2.0 could allow an attacker with administrative privileges to execute remote code due to exposed method that is not properly restricted.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-749
OWASP Top 10 Web 2025
A01:2025

Affected Products

ibm
engineering lifecycle management
7.0.3, 7.1.0, 7.2.0

EU & UK References

References