What is CVE-2025-2947?

CVE-2025-2947 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM I, classified under Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-04-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-2947?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM I

CVE-2025-2947

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.

Published 2025-04-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (37.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

IBM I — versions 7.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-278 — Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7231025 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-2947?: CVE-2025-2947 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM I, classified under Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-2947?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.