CVE-2025-36367 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Ibm	I

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7249915

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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		https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7249915
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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2025-11-01T12:01:31.137Z

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

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

Link: CVE-2025-36367

Vulnrichment

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

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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

Modified: 2025-11-04T15:41:31.450

Link: CVE-2025-36367

Redhat

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