CVE-2026-16987

7.8 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.8) in ibm i. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper validation of the LANG environment variable.

Severity

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-73
Published: 2026-08-13
Modified: 2026-08-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19