CVE-2023-40377: IBM I

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

Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) for IBM i 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain component access to the host operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 263583.

Affected products

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

Published 2023-10-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.