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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2026· Updated Aug 17, 2026

CVE-2026-16987

CVE-2026-16987

Description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper validation of the LANG environment variable.

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Affected products

5

IBM/I5 versions
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

1

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283296nvdVendor Advisory

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