PT-2026-71825

CVE-2026-16987

Published

2026-08-13

Updated

2026-08-17

CVSS 3.1

8.8

High

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM i versions 7.3 through 7.6

Description Improper validation of the LANG environment variable allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

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