CVE-2026-16987

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p2

Published

Aug 13, 2026 (Aug 13, 2026)

Modified

Aug 17, 2026

Description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper validation of the LANG environment variable.

Vendors: ibm
Products: i
Weakness: CWE-73
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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