CVE•Published 2026-08-12•Modified 2026-08-17•1 article on news•3 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-16856Ibm · I

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 72% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Description

IBM i 7.6, and 7.5 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.

Timeline

Published 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-08-17

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-16856

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Ibm I" version:"7.5"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"I"

HTTP body or banner mentions "I" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-16856

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-16856

Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.

grep.app

CVE-2026-16856

Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.

GitHub code

CVE-2026-16856

GitHub code search for direct mentions.

Google dork

"CVE-2026-16856" exploit -site:nvd.nist.gov

Write-ups and news, NVD excluded.

Known PoCs on GitHub (4)

CVE-2026-168564 repos

MihaiCiprianChezan/Agentic-First-Enterprisesunknown

A reference operating model for organizations where any role can be filled by a human or an agent, every process is built for agents first, and every flow can be paused, adjusted b…

★ 170·updated 1w ago

Xuchen-Li/cv-arxiv-dailyPython

Automatically update arXiv papers about SOT & VLT, Multi-modal Learning, LLM and Video Understanding using Github Actions.

★ 48·updated 3d ago

XuzhaoLi/ro-arxiv-dailyPython

Automatically Update Arxiv Papers about Path Planning, LLM and Autonomous Driving using Github Actions since 2024.2.

★ 36·updated 3d ago

cnlinxi/LLM-paper-dailyPython

Automatically Update LLM Papers Daily using Github Actions. Ref: https://github.com/Vincentqyw/cv-arxiv-daily

★ 10·updated 3d ago