CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-18069

MediumCVSS 6.0
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

IBM i versions 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to obtain ownership of arbitrary file system objects due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker could take ownership of files or directories, potentially leading to privilege escalation or data integrity compromise.

Recommendation

Upgrade IBM i to the latest versions and monitor file permissions.

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Original NVD description (English source)

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to obtain ownership of arbitrary file system objects due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.

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