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CVE-2026-16967

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Published: Aug 13, 2026Modified: Aug 17, 2026

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7.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.6 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain unauthorized access to system objects due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition involving symbolic links.

Affected (4)

Products: Ibm: I
Ibm
1 product
I
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ibm
I
Version 7.3
I
Version 7.4
I
Version 7.5
I
Version 7.6

Related CWEs

CWE-367
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

References (1)

Source: psirt@us.ibm.com
Vendor Advisory

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