CVE-2026-18175
IBM i is Affected By Improper Authorization and Authentication Vulnerabilities in DDM / DRDA [, ]
02 Description
IBM i is Affected By Improper Authorization and Authentication Vulnerabilities in DDM / DRDA [, ]
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
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.9% 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:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-10.
- 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
- 2026-09-04 16:26Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-10 21:00Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-07-28
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-285Improper AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 370559fdc4f35e1091a0e3716c948c0ac16bd4f9a4590012e84031da31cf9fcf
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
IBM i Release5770-SS1 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ11231 SJ11230 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11231 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11230 7.5SJ11232 SJ11233 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11232 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11233 7.4SJ11262 SJ11261 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11262 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11261 7.3SJ11234 SJ11235 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11234 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11235 IBM recommends users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to a supported and fixed version of affected products.