CVE-2023-23470

MEDIUM

IBM i 7.2-7.5 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 could allow an authenticated privileged administrator to gain elevated privileges in non-default configurations, as a result of improper SQL processing. By using a specially crafted SQL operation, the administrator could exploit the vulnerability to perform additional administrator operations. IBM X-Force ID: 244510.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6987767

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 52.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-79 CWE-89
Status published
Products (4)
ibm/i 7.2
ibm/i 7.3
ibm/i 7.4
ibm/i 7.5
Published May 04, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026