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CVE-2026-16906· NVD / CVE Program· CNA ibm

IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Domain Name System

IBM i 7.6, and 7.5 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Aug 12, 2026
Updated
Aug 13, 2026
EPSS
0.8% · 55th percentile
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Action score

35

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.8%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · ibm
8.8
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Affected systems

VendorProduct
ibmi

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ibm i7.5
  • ibm i7.6

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ibm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • IBM i

    • 7.6, 7.5affected

Same product

ibm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-18249IBM i Is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime
    39Monitor
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    39Monitor
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    39Monitor
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    39Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-168560 days apartIBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Domain Name System
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-174170 days apartIBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities [, ]
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-176420 days apartIBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities [, ]
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-186830 days apartIBM i is Affected By privilege escalation in Navigator for i
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-182350 days apartIBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Navigator for i
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1682623 days apartIBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Debug Server
    31Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-78 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const host = req.body.host;exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

Fixed

ts
const host = req.body.host;if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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References

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