CVE-2026-17275
IBM i is Affected by an Improper Validation Vulnerability
02 Description
IBM i is Affected by an Improper Validation 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.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 8.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (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:L/A:N
- 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
- 2026-10-16 18:39Z12 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-16 19:09Z12 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-07-24
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 3.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-285Improper AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- f9ddd91a982e253a01f1333c88b3f4cd670d7e902d394a1bd3f0590d5341a09f
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
IBM i Release5770-SS1 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ11429 SJ11543 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11429 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11543 7.5SJ11430 SJ11545 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11430 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11545 7.4SJ11431 SJ11546 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11431 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11546 7.3SJ11435 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11435 IBM recommends users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to a supported and fixed version of affected products.