9.8

CVE-2025-2947: ibm i Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalAnalyzed
Published 17-04-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-2947 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions vulnerability in ibm i. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.44%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-04-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IBM i 7.6 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect profile swapping in an OS command.  A malicious actor can use the command to elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.43% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ibm1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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