CVE-2026-18249IBM i Is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime
- 8.4HighCVSS base score
- 0.39%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 66% 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 remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper validation of pointers read from Java-controlled addresses.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Record updated
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 | High8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 66% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.4.
Affected products
What to do
Solution: IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. IBM i Release5770-JV1 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ11037 SJ11013 SJ11065 SJ11078 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11037 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11013 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11065 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11078 7.5SJ10990 SJ11014 SJ11042 SJ11066 SJ11080 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10990 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11014 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11042 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11066 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11080 7.4SJ11016 SJ11041 SJ11064 SJ11081 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11016 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11041 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11064 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11081 7.3SJ11040 SJ11063 SJ11079 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11040 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11063 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11079 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/7283283 (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-2026-58468 (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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