5.4Medium
Ibm I
CVE-2026-16892
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper authentication during service-name matching.
What this means for your business
- It affects Ibm I. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Ibm I, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 5.4 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Assigned by
- psirt@us.ibm.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-04
- Last modified
- 2026-09-08
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Ibm I7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.