CVE-2025-36244 json
IBM AIX privilege escalation
published 2025-09-16 13 mo ago modified 2026-10-18 21 d ago also EUVD-2025-29617
- cvss
- 7.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, IBM VIOS 3.1, and 4.1, when configured to use Kerberos network authentication, could allow a local user to write to files on the system with root privileges due to improper initialization of critical variables.
Patch / fix
- ibm.com/support/pages/node/7245092 advisory
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 13 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- IBM AIX
- IBM VIOS
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-454 External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores
References
-
ibm.com
/support/pages/node/7245092
vendor-advisory, patch
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-36244
- NVD CVE-2025-36244
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