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TI-2024-18115 Aliases CVE-2024-27275GHSA-mm7f-23wf-j4qf

IBM i privilege escalation

Priority HIGH 69CWE-266Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation, Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266 and CWE-287.

Summary

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability caused by an insufficient authority requirement. A local user without administrator privilege can configure a physical file trigger to execute with the privileges of a user socially engineered to access the target file. The correction is to require administrator privilege to configure trigger support.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00155 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
IBMi7.2; 7.3; 7.4; 7.5—No fix listedCNA
  • i VendorIBM Affected 7.2; 7.3; 7.4; 7.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.2VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.4VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.5VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.4 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.5 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-27275
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mm7f-23wf-j4qf
  3. 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2026-14283 IBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Line Printer Daemon [] CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-14729 IBM i command execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-14279 IBM i is Affected By Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in NFS [, ] CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-14196 IBM i is Affected By Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in NFS [, ] CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-13994 IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Simple Mail Transfer Protocol CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-14990 IBM i is Affected By Improper Authorization and Authentication Vulnerabilities in DDM / DRDA [, ] CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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