CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-16961

HighCVSS 7.6
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

IBM i versions 7.6, 7.5, and 7.4 are vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify, or delete information in the back-end database.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain unauthorized access to database data, potentially leading to confidentiality, integrity, and availability breaches.

Recommendation

Apply security patches from IBM and implement input validation and parameterized SQL queries in applications.

Original NVD description (English source)

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, and 7.4 s vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify, or delete information in the back-end database.

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