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High 7.8Published Oct 16, 2026
CVE-2026-102917IBM i is Affected By An Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.13%, higher than 3% of scored CVEs.
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IBM i 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to an authenticated attacker elevating their privilege. A bad actor could exploit this vulnerability to perform operations with QSECOFR/Root authority on the system.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-269
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.13% (percentile 3)
- Assigned by
- ibm
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 20, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 16, 2026
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