CVE-2025-33122 (GCVE-0-2025-33122)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-17 17:13 – Updated: 2025-08-24 11:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
IBM i privilege escalation
Summary
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 could allow a user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call in IBM Advanced Job Scheduler for i. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-17 17:25 UTC
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7237040 | vendor-advisorypatch |
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