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High 8.8Published Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-18683IBM i is Affected By privilege escalation in Navigator for i
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IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 is vulnerable to privilege escalation via Navigator for i. An authenticated user could elevate privileges to a root user to execute commands.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- ibm
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 12, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283292vendor-advisory, patch
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