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CVE-2026-18669

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.07 BB Relevance: 68/100
Published: 2026-08-12 Modified: 2026-10-23 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation as the result of a remote code execution vulnerability in the activation engine component. An authenticated attacker can execute a maliciously planted script with root authority.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
ibm i 7.3 – 7.6

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

68 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.75%
Raw Score 0.007460
Percentile 54.7%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00746
2026-10-28
0.00746

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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