CVE-2026-17082: IBM I

High severity, CVSS 8.8. 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 authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper validation of a client-supplied profile name.

Affected products

• IBM I: version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only

Published 2026-08-12. Last modified 2026-08-17.