What is GHSA-5j9j-5mc9-fhx9?

GHSA-5j9j-5mc9-fhx9 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 authenticated attacker to obtain unauthorized...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-5j9j-5mc9-fhx9 cover?

GHSA-5j9j-5mc9-fhx9 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16896. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-5j9j-5mc9-fhx9?

GHSA-5j9j-5mc9-fhx9 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-5j9j-5mc9-fhx9HighCVSS 7.1

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain unauthorized...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16896 →

📋 Description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain unauthorized access to files due to a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16896
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283293
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5j9j-5mc9-fhx9