CVE•Published 2026-08-13•Modified 2026-08-19•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-18249Ibm · I
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.4
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS percentile
19
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 81% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper validation of pointers read from Java-controlled addresses.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-13
Modified 2026-08-19
External references
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-2026-18249Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"I"Hosts Shodan identified as running I.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-18249Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-18249Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-18249Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-18249GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-18249" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-18249 on GitHub.