CVE-2025-33103
IBM i privilege escalation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.5 High
- Published
- May 17, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 15, 2025
Description
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 product IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | ibm |
Weaknesses
- CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
iIBM |
|
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7233799vendor-advisorypatch
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