CVE-2026-16967 PUBLISHED

IBM i is Affected By Multiple SQL Vulnerabilities [, ]

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 24.07.2026 Published: 13.08.2026 Updated: 14.08.2026

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain unauthorized access to system objects due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition involving symbolic links.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.5

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Changed
Attack Complexity	High	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	IBM
Product	i
Versions	Version 7.6 is affected Version 7.5 is affected Version 7.4 is affected Version 7.3 is affected

Solutions

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

IBM i Release5770-SS1 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ10871 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10871 7.5SJ10835 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10835 7.4SJ10840 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10840 7.3SJ10841 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10841

IBM recommends users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to a supported and fixed version of affected products.

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283294

Problem Types

CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition CWE