CVE-2023-40685

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    CVE-2023-40685

    Published: 29 Oct 2023Last Modified: 11 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264116, https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7060686

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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