CVE-2023-38721: IBM I

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 product Facsimile Support for i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor could gain access to a command line with elevated privileges allowing root access to the host operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 262173.

Affected products

• IBM I: version 7.2 only; version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only

Published 2023-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.