Is CVE-2026-18669 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-18669?

CVE-2026-18669 has a CVSS v3 severity of HIGH (8.8).

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CVE-2026-18669

Description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation as the result of a remote code execution vulnerability in the activation engine component. An authenticated attacker can execute a maliciously planted script with root authority.