CVE-2026-18069

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.06.0—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.0 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-14. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to obtain ownership of arbitrary file system objects due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.

CVSS v3
6.0
EG Score
6.0(high)
EG Risk
27(Track)
EG Risk 27/100SSVC: 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
Severity60% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 14, 2026

Last Modified

September 16, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

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

Security Bulletin: IBM i is Affected By A Race Condition Vulnerability in SQL Query Engine [CVE-2026-18069]

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7287408

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18069(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 17× in last 7d / 17× 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. 2026-09-19 15:07 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 15:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-18 17:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-17 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-16 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-16 17:55 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-16 17:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-15 18:34 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-15 18:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-15 17:39 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-15 17:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-14 21:23 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-14 21:15 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-14 21:14 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18069?
CVE-2026-18069 is a medium vulnerability published on September 14, 2026. IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to obtain ownership of arbitrary file system objects due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.
When was CVE-2026-18069 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18069 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 14, 2026, with the most recent update on September 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-18069 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18069 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18069?
CVE-2026-18069 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18069?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-18069, 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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