IBM i privilege escalation

published 2025-07-24 15 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-22521

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation caused by an invalid database authority check. A bad actor could execute a database procedure or function without having all required permissions, in addition to causing denial of service for some database actions.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/7240410 advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 15 mo ago (2025-07-25)

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

IBM i

Classification

Weakness

CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/7240410
vendor-advisory, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-33109
NVD CVE-2025-33109

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Summary