CVE-2025-33109

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation caused by an invalid database authority check. A bad actor could execute a database procedure or function without having all required permissions, in addition to causing denial of service for some database actions.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7240410	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.6:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-07-24 15:15

Updated : 2025-08-11 18:57

NVD link : CVE-2025-33109

Mitre link : CVE-2025-33109

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-33109

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

i

CWE

CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

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