CVE-2025-2947: IBM I

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM i 7.6  contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect profile swapping in an OS command.  A malicious actor can use the command to elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.

Affected products

• IBM I: version 7.6 only

Published 2025-04-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.