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IBM Backup Services Vulnerability Let Attackers Escalate Privileges

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2025 6:01 am
by Shane1145
A critical security vulnerability in IBM Backup, Recovery, and Media Services for the i platform that could allow attackers to gain elevated privileges and execute malicious code with component-level access to the host operating system.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-33108, stems from an unqualified library call made by a BRMS program and carries a CVSS base score of 8.5, indicating high severity.

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7048121