CVE-2025-33103
IBM i privilege escalation
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 17, 2025 at 04:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:13 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorI
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 product IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-250NVD-CWE-noinfo
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