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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 13:10 – Updated: 2026-05-27 15:30
VLAI
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
CWE
Assigner
ibm
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7272908 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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    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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