CVE-2026-18175 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to manipulate database transactions due to improper authorization in the DDM target dispatcher.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ibm	I

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.6:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7286186

History

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.6:::::::*

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to manipulate database transactions due to improper authorization in the DDM target dispatcher.
Title		IBM i is Affected By Improper Authorization and Authentication Vulnerabilities in DDM / DRDA [, ]
First Time appeared		Ibm Ibm i
Weaknesses		CWE-285
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Ibm Ibm i
References		https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7286186
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2026-09-04T16:26:14.989Z

Updated: 2026-09-04T16:26:14.989Z

Reserved: 2026-07-28T22:12:03.066Z

Link: CVE-2026-18175

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-04T17:16:56.010

Modified: 2026-09-08T19:42:29.770

Link: CVE-2026-18175

Redhat

No data.

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