CVE-2026-16961 (GCVE-0-2026-16961)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 19:53 – Updated: 2026-08-14 16:23
VLAI
Title
IBM i is Affected By SQL Injection Vulnerability in Db2 Mirror []
Summary
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, and 7.4 s vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify, or delete information in the back-end database.
Severity
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-14 16:23 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283298 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM i Affected: 7.6
Affected: 7.5
Affected: 7.4
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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