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Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-16987

IBM i

IBM i is Affected By An Improper Validation Vulnerability in PASE []

CVSS 3.1
8.8High

Official description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper validation of the LANG environment variable.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (ibm) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
IBM i 7.3 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
IBM i 7.4 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
IBM i 7.5 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
IBM i 7.6 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-08-13
Last updated
2026-08-14
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
ibm

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.15%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
4.5%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-73
    External Control of File Name or Path