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CVE-2023-30989: IBM i privilege escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-07-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

IBM Performance Tools for i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain all object access to the host operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 254017.

Affected products

• IBM i: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/254017
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7012353
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/254017
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7012353

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