CVE-2026-2311 (GCVE-0-2026-2311)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-30 21:45 – Updated: 2026-05-02 03:55
VLAI?
Title
IBM i is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in Web Administration GUI []
Summary
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 s vulnerable to privilege escalation caused by an invalid IBM i Web Administration GUI authorization check. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
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Affected:
7.6.0 , ≤ 2.3.0
(semver)
Affected: 7.5.0 Affected: 7.4.0 Affected: 7.3.0 Affected: 7.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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