CVE-2026-105453High· 8.4▾ TwilightIBM Sterling Connect Direct for Unix 6.3.0.0 through 6.3.0.7 and 6.4.0.0 through 6.4.0.6 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper privilege management.
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 46.2 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake. The CVSS score shown above comes from the assigning CNA record, not NVD.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Oct 20.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via CVEORG
0.09%
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.09% → 0.1%
IBM Sterling Connect Direct for Unix 6.3.0.0 through 6.3.0.7 and 6.4.0.0 through 6.4.0.6 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper privilege management.
sterling_connect_direct_for_unix >= 6.3.0.0 <= 6.3.0.7sterling_connect_direct_for_unix >= 6.4.0.0 <= 6.4.0.6IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading
ProductVersionRemediation/Fix/InstructionsIBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Unix6.3.0.0 - 6.3.0.7.iFix029Apply 6.3.0.7.iFix030, included in 6.3.0.7.iFix033 available on Fix Central https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes .IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Unix6.4.0.0 - 6.4.0.6.iFix020Apply 6.4.0.6.iFix021, included in 6.4.0.6.iFix025 available on Fix Central https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes .
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