IBM i is Affected By Improper Authorization and Access Control Vulnerabilities in Network File System

published 2026-10-16 23 d ago modified 2026-10-23 16 d ago also EUVD-2026-103141

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM i 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 could allow a local attacker to bypass NFS version restrictions due to improper enforcement of the export version flag.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/7292423 advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 d ago (2026-10-16)

Exploit prediction

0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	3.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

IBM i

Classification

Weakness

CWE-285 Improper Authorization

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/7292423
vendor-advisory, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-17068
NVD CVE-2026-17068

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Summary