CVE-2026-7870 PUBLISHED

IBM i is Affected by Privilege Escalation []

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 05.05.2026 Published: 11.06.2026 Updated: 11.06.2026

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

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 i Release5770-SS1 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ09689 SJ09666 SJ10017 SJ09859 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09689 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09666 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10017 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09859 7.5SJ09688 SJ09665 SJ09699 SJ10015 SJ09855 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09688 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09665 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09699 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10015 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09855 7.4SJ09690 SJ09664 SJ09701 SJ10028 SJ09851 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09690 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09664 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09701 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10028 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09851 7.3SJ09691 SJ09663 SJ10018 SJ09837 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09691 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09663 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10018 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ09837

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

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element CWE