{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.0","title":"CVE-2026-7870: IBM i is Affected by Privilege Escalation []","publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"HarborGuard Database","namespace":"https://database.harborguard.co"},"tracking":{"id":"CVE-2026-7870","status":"final","version":"1","initial_release_date":"2026-06-11T14:34:34.482Z","current_release_date":"2026-06-12T03:55:35.193Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-06-11T14:34:34.482Z","number":"1","summary":"Initial machine-readable export from HarborGuard."}]},"distribution":{"tlp":{"label":"WHITE"},"text":"Public CVE data; freely redistributable."},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.","title":"CVE description"}],"references":[{"category":"self","summary":"CVE-2026-7870 on HarborGuard Database","url":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-7870"},{"category":"external","summary":"CVE Record","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7870"},{"category":"external","summary":"ibm.com","url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7275756"}]},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"category":"vendor","name":"IBM","branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"i","branches":[{"category":"product_version","name":"7.6","product":{"name":"IBM i 7.6","product_id":"CSAFPID-1","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}},{"category":"product_version","name":"7.5","product":{"name":"IBM i 7.5","product_id":"CSAFPID-2","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}},{"category":"product_version","name":"7.4","product":{"name":"IBM i 7.4","product_id":"CSAFPID-3","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}},{"category":"product_version","name":"7.3","product":{"name":"IBM i 7.3","product_id":"CSAFPID-4","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-7870","title":"IBM i is Affected by Privilege Escalation []","notes":[{"category":"description","text":"IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.","title":"CVE description"}],"product_status":{"known_affected":["CSAFPID-1","CSAFPID-2","CSAFPID-3","CSAFPID-4"]},"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"products":["CSAFPID-1","CSAFPID-2","CSAFPID-3","CSAFPID-4"]}],"remediations":[{"category":"none_available","details":"No fixed version is published yet. Monitor the upstream advisory.","product_ids":["CSAFPID-1","CSAFPID-2","CSAFPID-3","CSAFPID-4"]}]}]}