What is CVE-2025-3473?

CVE-2025-3473 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, classified under Insecure Inherited Permissions. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-06-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-3473?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium

CVE-2025-3473

IBM Security Guardium 12.1 could allow a local privileged user to escalate their privileges to root due to insecure inherited permissions created by the program.

EPSS: 0.000 (13.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Security Guardium — versions 12.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-277 — Insecure Inherited Permissions

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7236356 (vendor-advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-3473?: CVE-2025-3473 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, classified under Insecure Inherited Permissions. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-3473?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.