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CVE-2026-6936 (GCVE-0-2026-6936)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 13:10 – Updated: 2026-05-27 15:30

Title

IBM i is Affected by a Denial of Service Vulnerability []

Summary

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 s vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack due to uncontrolled recursion in the Integrated Language Environment (ILE) compiler. An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by compiling specially crafted source code containing a specific combination of statements.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-27 15:30 UTC

CWE

CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Assigner

ibm CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 88/100 over 1251 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7272908	vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
IBM	i	Affected: 7.6 , ≤ 11.5.9 (semver) Affected: 7.5 , ≤ 12.1.4 (semver) Affected: 7.4 Affected: 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3.0:::::::*

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FKIE_CVE-2026-6936

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-27 14:17 - Updated: 2026-10-14 20:10

Severity

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@us.ibm.com	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7272908	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	ibm	i	*
	ibm	i	-

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GHSA-R635-G5RF-PCVW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-27 15:33 – Updated: 2026-05-27 15:33

Details

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-05-27T15:33:25Z",
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WID-SEC-W-2026-1695

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2026-05-27 22:00 - Updated: 2026-05-27 22:00

Summary

IBM i: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

Severity

Mittel

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2026-6936.

CVE-2026-6936

Known affected: 4 products

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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