# CVE-2024-27275: IBM i privilege escalation

> Local users can escalate privileges by configuring file triggers to execute with another user's rights, requiring a patch to enforce administrator privileges for trigger configuration.

- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 29 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mm7f-23wf-j4qf

## What is CVE-2024-27275?

CVE-2024-27275 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm I, published on 15 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability caused by an insufficient authority requirement. A local user without administrator privilege can configure a physical file trigger to execute with the privileges of a user socially engineered to access the target file. The correction is to require administrator privilege to configure trigger support.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27275?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm I.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-27275?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27275 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-27275 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-27275 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm I

- [CVE-2026-96119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96119/): IBM i is Affected By An Improper Control of Code Generation Vulnerability in HTTP Server Administration GUI (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-16860](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16860/): IBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability [] (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-17083](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17083/): IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in the Debug Server (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-17218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17218/): IBM i is Affected By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Line Printer Daemon [] (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-17276](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17276/): IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Navigator for i (critical 9.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27275 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-27275 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm I, published on 15 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-27275 exists.

Affected product: Ibm I. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27275/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27275/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27275
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27275
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27275

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27275/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.