[NEW] [medium] IBM i: Multiple vulnerabilities

mediumCVE-2026-17015 CVE-2026-18102

A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in IBM i to conduct a denial of service attack, manipulate data, or disclose confidential information.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: IBM product: IBM i Denial of service Code injection Information disclosure

What: Multiple vulnerabilities allow authenticated attackers to conduct denial of service, manipulate data, or disclose information.
Who is affected: IBM i systems accessible to authenticated users running unpatched versions.
Urgency: Medium severity; requires authentication but impacts availability and confidentiality; schedule patching.
Action: Update IBM i to the patched version addressing CVE-2026-17015 and CVE-2026-18102.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-08-20
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2874

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-170150.31% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 23% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-181020.22% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 13% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-17015	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2026-18102	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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