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CVE-2026-18221

Critical
9.8 CVSS v3.1
Published
Sep 4, 2026
Updated
Sep 8, 2026
Vendor
Ibm
Affected versions
See affected products
Weakness
CWE-287

Summary

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access due to improper validation of client-supplied authentication parameters.

Severity

Critical (9.8)

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Ibm I 7.3
  • Ibm I 7.4
  • Ibm I 7.5
  • Ibm I 7.6

Exploitation status

Unknown

Technical details

Technical analysis has not been written for this record yet.

Mitigation & remediation

Follow the vendor advisory linked below for patches and workarounds.

References

Source NIST NVD
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