CVE-2025-33109 (GCVE-0-2025-33109)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-24 15:06 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
IBM i privilege escalation
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-25 03:55 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7240410 | vendor-advisorypatch |
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