CVE-2025-36367Network attack vector

Root access via invalid SQL authorization check

Published Nov 1, 2025 · Updated Nov 1, 2025

Missing authorization in IBM's integrated operating system 7.2 through 7.6 allows remote authenticated users to gain root access. The SQL-services authorization logic fails to enforce the requesting profile's privileges and permits execution under another profile's elevated authority. Low-privileged network access is required, and successful exploitation grants root-level control of the host operating system.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability0.29%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Missing authorization in IBM's integrated operating system 7.2 through 7.6 allows remote authenticated users to gain root access. The SQL-services authorization logic fails to enforce the requesting profile's privileges and permits execution under another profile's elevated authority. Low-privileged network access is required, and successful exploitation grants root-level control of the host operating system.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-36367
Published
Nov 1, 2025
Updated
Nov 1, 2025
Vendor
IBM
Product
IBM i
Classifications
CWE-862, T1068
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

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

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.2
  2. Affected versionversion=7.3
  3. Affected versionversion=7.4
  4. Affected versionversion=7.5
  5. Affected versionversion=7.6

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · IBM iversion=7.2; version=7.3; version=7.4; version=7.5; version=7.6

Published CVSS scores

8.8IBMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-862Missing Authorization
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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