IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to an infinite loop.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
IBM i affected
Version Status Constraints
7.6 affected —
7.5 affected —
7.4 affected —
7.3 affected —

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Fixes

Solution

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. Host Servers IBM i Release5770-SS1 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ11101 SJ11097 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11101 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11097 7.5SJ11102 SJ11098 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11102 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11098 7.4SJ11103 SJ11099 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11103 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11099 7.3SJ11104 SJ11100 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11100 Debug Server IBM i Release5770-SS1 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ10899 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10899 Telnet IBM i Release5770-SS1 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ11022 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ11022 DRDA/DDM IBM i Release5770-SS1 PTF Number(s)PTF Download Link(s)7.6SJ10848 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ10848 IBM recommends users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to a supported and fixed version of affected products.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283578 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to an infinite loop.
Title IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Host Servers
First Time appeared Ibm
Ibm i
Weaknesses CWE-835
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ibm
Ibm i
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T19:33:44.387Z

Reserved: 2026-07-24T09:42:46.019Z

Link: CVE-2026-17004

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T19:33:30.683Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-13T20:17:17.660

Modified: 2026-08-13T20:36:48.443

Link: CVE-2026-17004

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