{"id":"CVE-2023-40375","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-40375","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:10:41.684Z","title":"Integrated application server for IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.","description":"Integrated application server for IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.  A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.  IBM X-Force ID:  263580.","published":"2023-09-28T18:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:17:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":["ibm/i"],"epss":{"score":0.00154,"percentile":0.0453,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/263580","tags":["Broken Link","VDB Entry","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7038748","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/263580","tags":["Broken Link","VDB Entry","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7038748","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40375","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}