01 Record
CVE-2025-33122
IBM i privilege escalation
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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
- 2025-06-17 17:13Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-08-24 11:51Z1 YR 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-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ee2c1ba9cc146eded8ee08d5852fe784025481fe29aa2fa070bfcf18cf1737a2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
07 Remediation
The issue can be fixed by applying a PTF to IBM i. IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 are addressed. The IBM i PTF number for 5770-JS1 contains the fix for the vulnerability. 5770-JS1 is a skip ship product installable on the listed releases. IBM i Release 5770-JS1 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 SJ05929 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05929