Vulnerability · Published Jul 24, 2025 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2025-33109IBM i privilege escalation

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in i from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 60.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	i	7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6

Weakness: CWE-250 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7240410 vendor-advisory, patch