CVE-2026-7870
IBM i is Affected by Privilege Escalation []
02 Description
IBM i is Affected by Privilege Escalation []
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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.
- 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
- 2026-06-11 14:34Z4 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-06-12 03:55Z4 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-05-05
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 2069362093b4062e9061b2358ef761d93fceab8c2658018526e682182d184b51
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
IBM i Release5770-SS1 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ09689 SJ09666 SJ10017 SJ09859 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09689 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09666 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10017 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09859 7.5SJ09688 SJ09665 SJ09699 SJ10015 SJ09855 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09688 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09665 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09699 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10015 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09855 7.4SJ09690 SJ09664 SJ09701 SJ10028 SJ09851 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09690 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09664 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09701 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10028 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09851 7.3SJ09691 SJ09663 SJ10018 SJ09837 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09691 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09663 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10018 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09837 IBM recommends users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to a supported and fixed version of affected products.