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CVE-2023-40686

Management Central as part of IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 Navigator contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the operating system can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges to gain component access to the operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 264114.

  • Published: Oct 29, 2023
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2023-40686
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.9
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
ibm / i 7.2 7.2.x
ibm / i 7.3 7.3.x
ibm / i 7.4 7.4.x
ibm / i 7.5 7.5.x