CVE-2026-85542

Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.

• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035 psirt@us.ibm.com

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-85542.json.

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