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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2025-36137 json

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX command execution

published 2025-10-30 12 mo ago modified 2026-10-07 32 d ago also EUVD-2025-37202

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

IBM Sterling Connect Direct for Unix 6.2.0.7 through 6.2.0.9 iFix004, 6.4.0.0 through 6.4.0.2 iFix001, and 6.3.0.2 through 6.3.0.5 iFix002 incorrectly assigns permissions for maintenance tasks to Control Center Director (CCD) users that could allow a privileged user to escalate their privileges further due to unnecessary privilege assignment for post update scripts.

Patch / fix

  • ibm sterling_connect:direct 6.2.0.9, 6.3.0.5, 6.4.0.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
12 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Unix

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.