CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-16693

MediumCVSS 4.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.07%

0th percentile - higher than 0% of all known CVEs

Summary

IBM i versions 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to the use of hardcoded cryptographic constants to obfuscate encryption keys.

Risk Assessment

Disclosure of encryption keys could allow an attacker to decrypt sensitive data, compromising information confidentiality.

Recommendation

Apply security fixes from IBM and consider changing the key storage mechanism to a more secure one.

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Original NVD description (English source)

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information due to the use of hardcoded cryptographic constants to obfuscate encryption keys.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS