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IBM i EUVDEUVD-2026-58394

| CVE-2026-17076 MEDIUM
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770)
2026-08-13 ibm GHSA-rgjg-m2x2-vrr3
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: ibm
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Vendor (ibm) PRIMARY
5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI
5.3 MEDIUM

DRDA/DDM is a network-facing protocol; resync handling appears pre- or para-authentication per PR:N; impact is availability-only with no confidentiality or integrity consequence.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (ibm).

CVSS VectorVendor: ibm

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Analysis Generated
Aug 13, 2026 - 21:10 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to improper processing of DRDA and DDM resynchronization requests.

AnalysisAI

Denial of service in IBM i 7.3 through 7.6 is achievable remotely without authentication by sending malformed DRDA or DDM resynchronization requests, which the system fails to handle safely due to CWE-770 (unbounded resource allocation). The vulnerability targets IBM's integrated midrange operating system at the network protocol layer, enabling a remote attacker to degrade or disrupt availability of database and distributed data management services. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and IBM has released a patch via its support portal.

Technical ContextAI

IBM i (formerly AS/400 and iSeries) is IBM's integrated midrange operating system combining relational database, middleware, and OS functions into a single stack widely used in enterprise sectors. The vulnerability lies in IBM i's handling of DRDA (Distributed Relational Database Architecture) and DDM (Distributed Data Management) - IBM's proprietary network protocols enabling remote relational database access and distributed file operations respectively. The root cause is CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling): the system fails to constrain resource consumption when processing resynchronization requests within these protocols, allowing a remote party to exhaust server-side resources. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, encompassing all subversions across IBM i 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6.

RemediationAI

Apply the IBM-released patch by consulting the vendor advisory at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283572 and installing the appropriate PTF for the affected IBM i release (7.3, 7.4, 7.5, or 7.6). Patch availability is confirmed per IBM, but exact PTF identifiers are not reproduced in the available intelligence data and must be retrieved directly from the IBM support page. As a compensating control pending patching, restrict network access to IBM i DRDA service ports (typically TCP/446 and TCP/449) using firewall rules to allow only trusted application servers and database clients - this meaningfully reduces the unauthenticated attack surface, though it may impact legitimate remote database connectivity that relies on those ports being broadly accessible.

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