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High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Oct 29, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-40685

CVE-2023-40685

Description

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 root access to the operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 264116.

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Affected products

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  • IBM/I6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5
    • (no CPE)range: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

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