CVE•Published 2026-08-28•Modified 2026-08-31•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-18527
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.9
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
21
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 79% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
IBM Administration Runtime Expert for i 1R1M0 IBM Application Runtime Expert (ARE) for i could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges, caused by ARE GUI component processing. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute actions under another user's authenticated profile gaining elevated privileges on the IBM i system.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-28
Modified 2026-08-31
External references
Search for exposed instances
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-18527Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-18527Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-18527Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-18527GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-18527" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-18527 on GitHub.