CVE-2025-36367 HIGH

CVE-2025-36367: IBM i is affected by a privilege escalation in IBM i SQL services

Vendor Ibm
Product i
Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization
Published November 1, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 1, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated

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