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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00201.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
IBM i affected
Version Status Constraints
7.6 affected —
7.5 affected —
7.4 affected —
7.3 affected —

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Fixes

Solution

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. Navigator IBM i Release5770-SS1  PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ10887 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11126 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11125 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11124 7.3SJ11128 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11128 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information IBM recommends users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to a supported and fixed version of affected products.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
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https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283279 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title IBM i is Affected By A Prvilege Escalation Vulnerability []
First Time appeared Ibm
Ibm i
Weaknesses CWE-285
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ibm
Ibm i
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-14T15:57:35.259Z

Reserved: 2026-07-31T17:16:23.194Z

Link: CVE-2026-18509

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T15:57:31.418Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-13T21:17:45.057

Modified: 2026-08-14T16:16:51.343

Link: CVE-2026-18509

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Updated: 2026-08-13T22:45:03Z

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