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CVE-2026-18020 (GCVE-0-2026-18020)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 20:41 – Updated: 2026-08-14 18:07
VLAI
Title
IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in NetServer
Summary
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 off-by-one error in bounds checking.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-14 17:41 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283573 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM i Affected: 7.6
Affected: 7.5
Affected: 7.4
Affected: 7.3
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    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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