{"id":"CVE-2026-6936","title":"IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 s vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack due to uncontrolled recursion in the Integrated Language Environment (ILE) compiler","summary":"IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 s vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack due to uncontrolled recursion in the Integrated Language Environment (ILE) compiler. An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by compiling speciall…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-674"],"vendor":"ibm","product":"i","affected":["i >= 7.3, <= 7.6"],"published":"2026-05-27","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T20:10:00.190","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6936","references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7272908","label":"psirt@us.ibm.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.0042,"epssPercentile":0.34728,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T20:53:12.322Z","slug":"CVE-2026-6936","body":"## Overview\n\nIBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 s vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack due to uncontrolled recursion in the Integrated Language Environment (ILE) compiler. An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by compiling specially crafted source code containing a specific combination of statements.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `i >= 7.3, <= 7.6`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}