IBM i is Affected by Algorithm Downgrade in Transport Layer Security [] (IBM i)

CVE-2026-4942
MEDIUM 5.9

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.43 % · percentile 37 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
ibm
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to send a specifically crafted message and downgrade the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to a version disabled in the server configuration.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-757 — Selection of Less-Secure Algorithm During Negotiation

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nibm
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · psirt@us.ibm.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
IBM · iaffected 7.6 ; affected 7.5 ; affected 7.4 ; affected 7.3

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD