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GHSA-Q9C4-6V4R-WRMM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-01 00:31 – Updated: 2026-05-01 21:31

Details

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 s vulnerable to privilege escalation caused by an invalid IBM i Web Administration GUI authorization check. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.

Severity ?

6.4 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-2311 (GCVE-0-2026-2311)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-30 21:45 – Updated: 2026-05-02 03:55

Title

IBM i is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in Web Administration GUI []

Summary

Severity ?

6.4 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

ibm

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7269560	vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
IBM	i	Affected: 7.6.0 , ≤ 2.3.0 (semver) Affected: 7.5.0 Affected: 7.4.0 Affected: 7.3.0 Affected: 7.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.2.0:::::::*

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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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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GHSA-Q9C4-6V4R-WRMM

CVE-2026-2311 (GCVE-0-2026-2311)

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