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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7249915 Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.8 · ibmNVD modified 2026-10-18 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 5
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 1
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7249915 Vendor Advisory