CVE-2025-33109
IBM i privilege escalation
02 Description
IBM i privilege escalation
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-07-24 15:06Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26 17:50Z8 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-04-15
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary PrivilegesBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- d939a732c64ac021876a9e2b3b2bb83e42b2a4714bd5af46b9bbff91ac22d2d4
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
The issue can be addressed by applying PTFs to IBM i. IBM i releases 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3. and 7.2 will be addressed. The IBM i 5770-SS1 PTF numbers listed below resolve the vulnerability. 7.6SJ05809 SJ05810 SJ05837 SJ05960 SJ06021 SJ06219 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05809 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05810 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05837 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05960 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ06021 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ06219 7.5SJ05838 SJ05847 SJ05850 SJ05851 SJ05953 SJ06022 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05838 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05847 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05850 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05851 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05953 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ06022 7.4SJ05839 SJ05846 SJ05852 SJ05853 SJ05959 SJ06023 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05839 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05846 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05852 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05853 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05959 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ06023 7.3SJ05840 SJ05845