CVE-2026-16931
IBM i is Affected By A Denial of Service Vulnerability []
02 Description
IBM i is Affected By A Denial of Service Vulnerability []
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-23.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-12 17:27Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-12 18:52Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-07-24
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 103857c8942aa600ee37b19ef1a2f2749a05a0abbaf28556e3ce9e6b20ab47aa
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. IBM i Release5770-999 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6MJ10911 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=MJ10911 7.5MJ10912 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=MJ10912 7.4MJ10913 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=MJ10913 7.3MJ10914 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=MJ10914 IBM recommends users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to a supported and fixed version of affected products.