VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-40685

CVSS score7.4 HIGH
EPSS probability0.16%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-10-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Management Central as part of IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 Navigator contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the operating system can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges to gain root access to the operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 264116.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@us.ibm.com: CWE-269
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-269

Primary references