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CVE-2026-18069 (GCVE-0-2026-18069)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-14 21:04 – Updated: 2026-09-15 17:31
VLAI
Title
IBM i is Affected By A Race Condition Vulnerability in SQL Query Engine []
Summary
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to obtain ownership of arbitrary file system objects due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.
Severity
6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-15 17:24 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7287408 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM i Affected: 7.6
Affected: 7.5
Affected: 7.4
Affected: 7.3
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    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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