CVE-2026-18669: IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation as the result of a remote code execution vulnerability in the activation engine component…

PriorityP260high8.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.75%

53.0th percentile

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation as the result of a remote code execution vulnerability in the activation engine component. An authenticated attacker can execute a maliciously planted script with root authority.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ibm	i	—	—
ibm	i	—	—
ibm	i	—	—
ibm	i	—	—
ibm	i	7.3 – 7.6	—

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