IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Navigator for i
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information due to improper authentication.
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We use this product, ask for help- Published
- Aug 13, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 19, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 37th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-287
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Action score
29
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 29 / 40 · 7.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · ibm
- 7.3
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ibm | i | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ibm i7.3
- ibm i7.4
- 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, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3affected
Same product
ibm: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2026-18221IBM i is Affected By Improper Authorization and Authentication Vulnerabilities in DDM / DRDA [, ]39Monitor
- CVE-2026-18249IBM i Is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime39Monitor
- CVE-2026-17206IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Host Servers39Monitor
- CVE-2026-16961IBM i is Affected By SQL Injection Vulnerability in Db2 Mirror []39Monitor
- CVE-2026-16867IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in NetServer39Monitor
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
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
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.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
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-2026-171970 days apartIBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Host Servers39Monitor
- CVE-2026-168670 days apartIBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in NetServer39Monitor
- CVE-2026-1822122 days apartIBM i is Affected By Improper Authorization and Authentication Vulnerabilities in DDM / DRDA [, ]39Monitor
- CVE-2026-171010 days apartIBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Navigator for i38Monitor
- CVE-2026-170750 days apartIBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Digital Certificate Manager32Monitor
- CVE-2026-1689222 days apartIBM i is Affected By An Improper Authentication Vulnerability in Network Authentication Service []21Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
- CVE-2026-169750 days apartIBM i is Affected By A Remote Code Execution Vulnerability []35Monitor
- CVE-2026-172230 days apartIBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Host Servers35Monitor
- CVE-2026-166740 days apartIBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server Liberty35Monitor
- CVE-2026-170880 days apartIBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Digital Certificate Manager17Monitor
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.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- low · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- Low
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-287 · Improper AuthenticationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
nvd-secondary
Root cause
Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-287 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);Fixed
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Authentication AbuseCAPEC-114Medium
- Authentication BypassCAPEC-115Medium
- Identity SpoofingCAPEC-151likelihood: Medium · Medium
- Fake the Source of DataCAPEC-194Medium
- Exploiting Trust in ClientCAPEC-22likelihood: High · High
- Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive DataCAPEC-57likelihood: Medium · Very High
- Session HijackingCAPEC-593likelihood: High · Very High
- Token ImpersonationCAPEC-633Medium
ATT&CK techniques
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.