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High severity8.2NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2026· Updated Aug 17, 2026

CVE-2026-18509

CVE-2026-18509

Description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain privilege escalation via the Navigator for i debugger. This could allow the attacker to access or manipulate sensitive data on the system, or create new profiles with elevated privileges on the IBM i system.

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Affected products

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  • 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
  • IBM/IBM Navigator for illm-fuzzy
    Range: 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3

Patches

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