CVE-2026-18249CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-18249

High · published August 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper validation of pointers read from Java-controlled addresses.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00389 · 31.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-08-14T01:17Z
Affected products (4)
ProductVersionsFixed in
ibm/iall versions—
ibm/iall versions—
ibm/iall versions—
ibm/iall versions—
References (1)
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283283 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 AUG 20:43Z
    IBM i Is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime
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