What is GHSA-3842-xc6g-8v9q?

GHSA-3842-xc6g-8v9q is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-3842-xc6g-8v9q cover?

GHSA-3842-xc6g-8v9q covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16987. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-3842-xc6g-8v9q?

GHSA-3842-xc6g-8v9q has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-3842-xc6g-8v9qHighCVSS 8.8

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16987 →

📋 Description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper validation of the LANG environment variable.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16987
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283296
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3842-xc6g-8v9q