CVE-2026-93744 IBM i Improper Authentication
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-93744 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-93744 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM i, published on 20 Oct 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-93744 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: IBM i. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-93744/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-93744/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-93744?
CVE-2026-93744 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM i, published on 20 Oct 2026.
Official description
IBM i 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 could allow an unathenticated remote attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper access control. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request to any URL within the Navigator application prior to authentication, a bad actor could exploit this vulnerability to alter server-side session security state.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-93744?
How do I fix CVE-2026-93744?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-93744 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-93744 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-93744 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-74rc-m28c-966r.