IBM i Denial of Service in Digital Certificate Manager
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
IBM i versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 are affected. Improper locking (CWE-667) in Digital Certificate Manager (DCM) for System TLS lets a local user with high privileges cause a denial of service when applications try to create secure network connections. A bad actor could use this to prevent a service from starting or to force it to fall back to non-secure connections.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
IBM i 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to a denial of service to Digital Certificate Manager (DCM) for System TLS using applications attempting to create secure network connections. A bad actor could use this to prevent a service from starting or cause it to fallback to non-secure connections.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | i | 7.6; 7.5; 7.4; 7.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- i VendorIBM Affected 7.6; 7.5; 7.4; 7.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for IBM i.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-107674
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-72f7-c8f3-jxmm
- 2026-10-19 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-23 CVSS score added · NVD
References
More IBM I vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-18115 IBM i privilege escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-14283 IBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Line Printer Daemon [] CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-14729 IBM i command execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-14279 IBM i is Affected By Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in NFS [, ] CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-14196 IBM i is Affected By Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in NFS [, ] CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-13994 IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Simple Mail Transfer Protocol CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-107674 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-107674 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-72f7-c8f3-jxmm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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