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.

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Solution

Remediation/Fixes IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. IBM i Release 5770-SS1 PTF Number(s) PTF Download Link(s) 7.6 SJ07552 SJ07650 SJ07651 SJ07652 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07552 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07650 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07651 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07652 7.5 SJ07553 SJ07653 SJ07654 SJ07655 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07553 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07653 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07654 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07655 7.4 SJ07554 SJ07656 SJ07657 SJ07658 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07554 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07656 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07657 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07658 7.3 SJ07555 SJ07659 SJ07660 SJ07661 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07555 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07659 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07660 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07661 7.2 SJ07556 SJ07662 SJ07663 SJ07664 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07556 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07662 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07663 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ07664 IBM recommends that all users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to a supported version of the affected product.


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History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title IBM i is affected by a privilege escalation in IBM i SQL services
First Time appeared Ibm
Ibm i
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ibm
Ibm i
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T04:55:13.395Z

Reserved: 2025-04-15T21:16:55.332Z

Link: CVE-2025-36367

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T13:22:07.384Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-11-01T12:15:35.130

Modified: 2025-11-05T19:03:58.510

Link: CVE-2025-36367

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