CVE-2016-6035: IBM Rational Quality Manager is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.

Security readout for executives and security teams

CVE-2016-6035 is a cross-site scripting issue in IBM Rational Quality Manager within listed Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management versions. A user could embed JavaScript in the web interface, changing trusted-session behavior and potentially exposing credentials. The provided sources do not include CVSS, vendor severity, or confirmed exploitation. Exposure is most likely where affected IBM Rational Quality Manager or CLM versions are still deployed and accessible to authenticated users or broad internal audiences. Internet exposure would raise urgency, but the sources do not state deployment assumptions. Treat this as a targeted remediation item for legacy IBM quality-management environments, not as an emergency based on current evidence. Priority should increase if affected systems are externally reachable, widely used, or handle privileged engineering or delivery credentials. Mitigation focus: Check IBM support advisory swg22002429 for vendor remediation guidance.; Inventory CLM and Rational Quality Manager versions against the affected list.; Prioritize systems exposed beyond a small trusted administrator group..

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Jun 13, 2026, 05:01 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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