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Paper/Archive/CVE-2025-36096

CVE-2025-36096

IBM AIX — AIX Insufficiently Protected Credentials

EPSS 0.3%CVSS 9.0
critical.is priorityof 100
32
CVSS 9.0 (CNA)9.0 / 10 × 3027.0Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 25.4.254 × 205.1No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM VIOS 3.1, and 4.1 stores NIM private keys used in NIM environments in an insecure way which is susceptible to unauthorized access by an attacker using man in the middle techniques.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
AIX7.2–CNA
AIX7.3–CNA
VIOS3.1–CNA
VIOS4.1–CNA

Scores by source

ibm (CNA)9.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

patchibm.com/support/pages/node/7251173