CVE-2026-17488
IBM i is Affected By An Improper Authentication Vulnerability in SST / DST
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM i 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper authentication.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
What to do
Solution: IBM i Release5770-999 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6MJ11751 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=MJ11751 7.5MJ11749 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=MJ11749 7.4MJ11750 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=MJ11750 7.3MJ11748 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=MJ11748 IBM recommends users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to a supported and fixed version of affected products.
References (1)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7292270 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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