IBM i up to 7.6 SQL Service authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in IBM i 7.2/7.3/7.4/7.5/7.6. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SQL Service. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-36367. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in IBM i 7.2/7.3/7.4/7.5/7.6. This issue affects an unknown code of the component SQL Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-36367 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/01/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-37433). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
11/01/2025 +200 days Advisory disclosed
11/01/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/01/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-36367 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-36367
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-330887
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/01/2025 16:41
Updated: 11/01/2025 16:48
Changes: 11/01/2025 16:41 (63), 11/01/2025 16:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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