CVE-2024-55898: IBM I

High severity, CVSS 8.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 could allow a user with the capability to compile or restore a program to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.

Affected products

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

Published 2025-02-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.