IBM i is Affected By Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in Line Printer Daemon [, ]

published 2026-09-04 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-09 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-71469

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits: 0; none known

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

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/7285939 advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 mo ago (2026-09-04)

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

IBM i

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/7285939
vendor-advisory, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-17470
NVD CVE-2026-17470

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Summary