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CVE-2026-7870 (GCVE-0-2026-7870)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-11 14:34 – Updated: 2026-06-12 03:55

Title

IBM i is Affected by Privilege Escalation []

Summary

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.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-11 00:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Assigner

ibm mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7275756	vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
IBM	i	Affected: 7.6 Affected: 7.5 Affected: 7.4 Affected: 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3.0:::::::*

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FKIE_CVE-2026-7870

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-11 16:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 11:03

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@us.ibm.com	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7275756	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
ibm	i	7.3
ibm	i	7.4
ibm	i	7.5
ibm	i	7.6

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GHSA-45C2-G3RG-FWMG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-11 18:31 – Updated: 2026-06-11 18:31

Details

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.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "id": "GHSA-45c2-g3rg-fwmg",
  "modified": "2026-06-11T18:31:34Z",
  "published": "2026-06-11T18:31:34Z",
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WID-SEC-W-2026-1903

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2026-06-11 22:00 - Updated: 2026-06-11 22:00

Summary

IBM i: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Ausführen von beliebigem Programmcode mit Administratorrechten

Severity

Hoch

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2026-7870.

CVE-2026-7870

Known affected: 4 products

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
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CVE-2026-7870 (GCVE-0-2026-7870)

FKIE_CVE-2026-7870

GHSA-45C2-G3RG-FWMG

WID-SEC-W-2026-1903

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