CVE-2026-17197

9.8 criticalEPSS 0.5%

Critical (9.8) in ibm i. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper validation of client-asserted identity.

Severity

9.8 critical

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

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 42% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-287
Published: 2026-08-13
Modified: 2026-08-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19