Vulnerability details

CVE-2025-36367

IBM i

IBM i is affected by a privilege escalation in IBM i SQL services

CVSS 3.1
8.8High

Official description

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 is vulnerable to privilege escalation caused by an invalid IBM i SQL services authorization check. A malicious actor can use the elevated privileges of another user profile to gain root access to the host operating system.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (ibm) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
IBM i 7.2 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
IBM i 7.3 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
IBM i 7.4 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
IBM i 7.5 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
IBM i 7.6 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2025-11-01
Last updated
2026-02-26
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
ibm

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.31%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
24.2%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-862
    Missing Authorization