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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Ibm
  • I

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References
Link Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7240410 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ibm
Ibm i
Vendors & Products Ibm
Ibm i

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title IBM i privilege escalation
Weaknesses CWE-250
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2025-07-24T15:06:49.888Z

Updated: 2025-07-25T03:55:29.374Z

Reserved: 2025-04-15T17:50:49.744Z

Link: CVE-2025-33109

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-24T19:48:35.874Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-24T15:15:25.927

Modified: 2025-07-25T15:29:19.837

Link: CVE-2025-33109

cve-icon Redhat

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