Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-17229

IBM i

IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Host Servers

CVSS 3.1
7.5High

Official description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to an infinite loop.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.5High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (ibm) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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)

0.54%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
46.1%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-835
    Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')