CVE-2026-17469 IBM i is Affected By Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in Line Printer Daemon [, ]
A local authenticated attacker can cause a denial of service in IBM i via an off-by-one write in the LPD queue name parser.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-17469?
CVE-2026-17469 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Ibm I, published on 4 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service due to an off-by-one write in the LPD queue name parser.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-17469?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm I.
How do I fix CVE-2026-17469?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-17469 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2026-17469 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-17469 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-16860 IBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability []
- CVE-2026-17083 IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in the Debug Server
- CVE-2026-17218 IBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Line Printer Daemon []
- CVE-2026-17276 IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Navigator for i
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7m9p-5xg7-97w7.