CVE-2026-16987

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper validation of the LANG environment variable.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283296	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-13 20:17

Updated : 2026-08-17 14:42

NVD link : CVE-2026-16987

Mitre link : CVE-2026-16987

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-16987

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

i

CWE

CWE-73

External Control of File Name or Path

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