CVE-2026-17181

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.39.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-14. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
9.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

IBM Db2 Mirror for i 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 could allow a remote attacker to write files to arbitrary locations due to path traversal.

CVSS v3
9.3
EG Score
9.3(high)
EG Risk
57(Track)
EG Risk 57/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity93% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
46%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 14, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 14, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Bulletin: IBM Db2 Mirror for i is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283359

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-17181(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 52× in last 7d / 52× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 13:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-20 10:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 06:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 02:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-19 22:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 18:28 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-19 18:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-19 14:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-19 10:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-19 06:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-19 02:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-18 22:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-18 19:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-18 15:11 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-18 15:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-18 11:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-18 07:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-18 03:24 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-18 03:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-18 02:42 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-18 02:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-17 22:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-17 19:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-17 14:17 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-17 14:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-17 10:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-17 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-17 02:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-16 22:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-16 18:48 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-16 18:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-16 14:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-16 10:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-16 07:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-16 03:15 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-16 03:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-15 23:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-15 19:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-15 15:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-15 11:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-15 07:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-15 04:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-15 00:10 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-15 00:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-14 20:18 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-14 19:39 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-14 19:38 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-17181?
CVE-2026-17181 is a critical vulnerability published on August 14, 2026. IBM Db2 Mirror for i 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 could allow a remote attacker to write files to arbitrary locations due to path traversal.
When was CVE-2026-17181 disclosed?
CVE-2026-17181 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 14, 2026, with the most recent update on August 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-17181 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-17181 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 54.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-17181?
CVE-2026-17181 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-17181?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-17181, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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