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CVE-2025-36367: IBM i is affected by a privilege escalation in IBM i SQL services
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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: 2025-11-01 · updated 2026-10-18
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 is vulnerable to privilege escalation caused by an invalid IBM i SQL services authorization check. A malicious actor can use the elevated privileges of another user profile to gain root access to the host operating system.
Affected products
- IBM i: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
References
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