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CVE-2026-18509

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-285 Improper Authorization
Publication date:
13/08/2026
Last modified:
17/08/2026

Description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain privilege escalation via the Navigator for i debugger. This could allow the attacker to access or manipulate sensitive data on the system, or create new profiles with elevated privileges on the IBM i system.

Impact

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

Base Score: 8.20 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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

Base Score 3.x
8.20
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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