Vulnerability · Published Aug 13, 2026 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2026-18511IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Java Secure Sockets Extension
High 7.3
In plain English
A high-severity out-of-bounds write in i from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local authenticated attacker to generate a stack-based buffer overflow in the Native IBM i JSSE provider, caused by improper bounds checking during TLS session establishment. A local attacker could overflow a fixed-length buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the JVM process to crash.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283285 vendor-advisory, patch