CVE-2026-7870IBM i is Affected by Privilege Escalation []
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.34%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 72% 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 user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 37 days later
· 37 days later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% 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 8.8.
Affected products
What to do
Solution: 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.
References
References1
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7275756 (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-2026-36250 (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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