Description
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper management of thread authority swaps.
Published: 2026-08-13
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. IBM i Release5770-SS1 Option 3 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ10874 SJ11023 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10874 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11023 7.5SJ10875 SJ11024 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10875 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11024 7.4SJ10876 SJ11025 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10876 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11025 7.3SJ10877 SJ11026 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10877 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11026 IBM recommends users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to a supported and fixed version of affected products.

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History

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper management of thread authority swaps.
Title IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server Liberty
First Time appeared Ibm
Ibm i
Weaknesses CWE-269
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ibm
Ibm i
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Subscriptions

Ibm I
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T20:42:27.235Z

Reserved: 2026-07-28T17:30:19.748Z

Link: CVE-2026-18101

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-13T21:17:44.550

Modified: 2026-08-13T21:17:44.550

Link: CVE-2026-18101

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T22:45:03Z

Weaknesses