CVE-2026-18858
IBM i is Affected By Obtaining Sensitive Information Vulnerability in OpenSSH []
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM i 7.6, and 7.5 could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain information from a privileged file when using SSH.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 31 days later
· 31 days later
Published
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.13% · top 98% of all CVEs (7 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: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
What to do
Solution: IBM i Release5733-SC1 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ11404 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11404 7.5SJ11405 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11405 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/7285938 (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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