CVSS 3.1
5.3 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LCVE-2026-115501 IBM i is Affected By A Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in QFileSvr.400 File System []
Medium (5.3) in ibm i.
IBM i 7.3 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking in the QFileSvr.400 file system. By sending a command in the QFileSvr.400 file system, a local authenticated attacker could cause undefined behavior.
Severity
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial, assessed 2026-11-13. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
- Published
- Modified
- Assigned by
- ibm (CNA)
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting analysis
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| IBM i | 7.6 |
| IBM i | 7.5 |
| IBM i | 7.4 |
| IBM i | 7.3 |