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CVE-2025-36367: ibm i Missing Authorization

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 01-11-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-36367 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Missing Authorization vulnerability in ibm i. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.31%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-11-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

23%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.29% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.31%

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
  • i7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links