01 Record
CVE-2025-36004
IBM i privilege escalation
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.1% 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
- 2025-06-25 02:32Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26 17:50Z8 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-04-15
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 17b41b96d67ef7aaf96f29af3acaf770dbf5f69898bde52ac2dc731d923575b5
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
07 Remediation
The issue can be fixed by applying a PTF to IBM i. IBM i 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 are addressed. The IBM i PTF number for 5798-FAX contains the fix for the vulnerability. 5798-FAX is a skip ship product installable on the listed releases. IBM i Release 5798-FAX 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 SJ06024 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ06024