CVE-2026-17499IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Debug Server
- 4.4MediumCVSS base score
- 0.18%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 93% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 40 days later
· 40 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.18% · top 93% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Affected products
What to do
Solution: IBM i Release5770-SS1 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ11305 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11305 7.5SJ11306 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11306 7.4SJ11307 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11307 7.3SJ11308 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11308 IBM recommends users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to a supported and fixed version of affected products.
References
References1
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7285844 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-71467 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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