CVE-2025-3473 IBM Security Guardium privilege escalation
A local privileged user can escalate privileges to root in IBM Security Guardium due to insecure inherited permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-3473?
CVE-2025-3473 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Guardium Data Protection, published on 11 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-277
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3473?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Guardium Data Protection.
How do I fix CVE-2025-3473?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3473 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-3473 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3473 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Guardium Data Protection
- CVE-2026-80442 IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2026-84064 IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2026-84075 IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2026-84078 IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2026-75875 Multiple vulnerabilities affect the Sniffer component as part of IBM Guardium Data Protection
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2vc6-9c9h-vvhf.