CVE-2023-40686 IBM i privilege escalation
A local attacker with command line access can exploit a vulnerability in IBM i Navigator to elevate privileges and gain component access to the operating system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-40686?
CVE-2023-40686 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm I, published on 29 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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 component access to the operating system. IBM X-Force ID: 264114.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40686?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm I.
How do I fix CVE-2023-40686?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40686 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-40686 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40686 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm I
- CVE-2026-96119 IBM i is Affected By An Improper Control of Code Generation Vulnerability in HTTP Server Administration GUI
- CVE-2026-16860 IBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability []
- CVE-2026-17083 IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in the Debug Server
- CVE-2026-17218 IBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Line Printer Daemon []
- CVE-2026-17276 IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Navigator for i
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fp4h-xp3p-fwp7.