CVE-2025-33109

HIGH

IBM i 7.2-7.6 - Privilege Escalation via Invalid Database Authority Check

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory patch

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7240410

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0035

EPSS Percentile 26.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-250

Status published

Products (5)

ibm/i 7.2

ibm/i 7.3

ibm/i 7.4

ibm/i 7.5

ibm/i 7.6

Published Jul 24, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026