Is CVE-2026-16856 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-16856?

CVE-2026-16856 has a CVSS v3 severity of HIGH (8.8).

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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.