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CVE-2024-38330: IBM i privilege escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

IBM System Management for i 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 could allow a local user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library program call. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege. IBM X-Force ID: 295227.

Affected products

• IBM i: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/295227
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7159615
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/295227
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7159615

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