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Status published
High
CVE-2025-33109
IBM i privilege escalation
Vulnerability Description
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation caused by an invalid database authority check. A bad actor could execute a database procedure or function without having all required permissions, in addition to causing denial of service for some database actions.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 24th, 2025
Last Modified:
February 26th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H