CVE-2026-17220Disclosure(ibm / i)

LOWCVSS 8.2 · HIGH

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service and modify authentication metadata due to a buffer overflow.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-120

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • i

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 2 classified signals
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
i

4 versions affected across 1 product

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-08-13: 2Technical Details · 2026-08-13: 108-13
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
2100.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-17220 IBM i Buffer Overflow Enables Denial of Service and Authentication Metadata Modification https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-17220

    Post summary

    The post announces a buffer overflow vulnerability in IBM i that can cause denial‑of‑service and modify authentication metadata.

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  • VulDB 🛡@vuldb
    Disclosure

    A severe vulnerability was disclosed for IBM i (CVE-2026-17220) https://vuldb.com/vuln/389763

    Post summary

    The post merely announces the disclosure of a severe IBM i vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑17220) with a link to a vulnerability database entry, lacking details on exploitation, remediation, or technical specifics.

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CPE platform detail4 entries

4 of 4 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appibmi7.3--
Appibmi7.4--
Appibmi7.5--
Appibmi7.6--

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