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CVE-2026-17276

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Publication date:
12/08/2026
Last modified:
13/08/2026

Description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to escalate privileges due to improper authorization in the handling of high-authority threads.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.60 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
9.60
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 7.3 (including) 7.6 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools