CVE-2026-18509

highpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.002 · 14 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.23% (14th) EPSS

CVSS 7.1 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain privilege escalation via the Navigator for i debugger. This could allow the attacker to access or manipulate sensitive data on the system, or create new profiles with elevated privileges on the IBM i system.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.2

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2

v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.8

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-285US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM iall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:ibm:i:-
IBM i≤ 7.3enisa_euvdEU
IBM i≤ 7.4enisa_euvdEU
IBM i≤ 7.5enisa_euvdEU
IBM i≤ 7.6enisa_euvdEU
ibm i= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm i= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm i= 7.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm i= 7.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-2820IBM i: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-08-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM i ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen, um einen SQL-Injection Angriff durchzuführen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, und um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-08-13modified 2026-08-17

references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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