CVE-2026-96119
IBM i is Affected By An Improper Control of Code Generation Vulnerability in HTTP Server Administration GUI
02 Description
IBM i is Affected By An Improper Control of Code Generation Vulnerability in HTTP Server Administration GUI
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
- 0.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 43.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.9 (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:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-14.
- 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
- 2026-10-12 23:22Z16 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-14 03:58Z15 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-22
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 2a3bbdd05ed53e762c948f2f32d9316e46c877dd6421f29934e3e20823412a20
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. IBM i Release5770-SS1 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ11645 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11645 7.5SJ11644 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11644 7.4SJ11643 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11643 7.3SJ11641 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11641 IBM recommends users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to a supported and fixed version of affected products.