CVE-2025-33109 HIGH

CVE-2025-33109: IBM i privilege escalation

Vendor Ibm
Product i
Weakness CWE-250
Published July 24, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 24, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated