CVE-2026-17276CWE-269privilege-escalation
CVE-2026-17276
Critical · published August 12, 2026
What it is
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.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 9.6 · CRITICAL
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00466 · 39.3th percentile
- Weakness
- CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
- Published
- 2026-08-12T22:17Z
Affected products (1)
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|
| ibm/i | ≥ 7.3, ≤ 7.6 | — |
References (1)
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