- 8.5HighCVSS base score
- 0.45%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 60% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 32 days later
· 32 days later
Published
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 60% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Affected products
What to do
Solution: The issue can be addressed by applying a PTF to IBM i. IBM i release 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, 7.2 will be fixed. The IBM i 5770-TC1 PTF numbers listed below resolve the vulnerability. IBM i Release 5770-TC1 PTF Number PTF Download Link 7.6 SJ05513 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05513 7.5 SJ05494 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05494 7.4 SJ05505 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05505 7.3 SJ05514 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05514 7.2 SJ05525 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SJ05525
References
References1
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7233799 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-15589 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2025-33103)Record last updated .