CVE-2024-55898Network attack vector

Administrator code execution via unqualified library call

Published Feb 24, 2025 · Updated Feb 24, 2025

Uncontrolled search path in IBM operating-system releases 7.2 through 7.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute code with administrator privilege. An undisclosed privileged program makes an unqualified library call, allowing user-controlled code to be resolved and run. Exploitation requires the capability to compile or restore a program, and the affected program and called library remain undisclosed.

CVSS severity8.5
High
EPSS probability0.44%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled search path in IBM operating-system releases 7.2 through 7.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute code with administrator privilege. An undisclosed privileged program makes an unqualified library call, allowing user-controlled code to be resolved and run. Exploitation requires the capability to compile or restore a program, and the affected program and called library remain undisclosed.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-55898
Published
Feb 24, 2025
Updated
Feb 24, 2025
Vendor
IBM
Product
IBM i
Classifications
CWE-427, T1574.008
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 24, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · IBM iversion=7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

Published CVSS scores

8.5IBMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element
T1574.008Path Interception by Search Order Hijacking

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