CVE-2026-18101: IBM I

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.1% 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 management of thread authority swaps.

Affected products

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

Published 2026-08-13. Last modified 2026-08-19.