CVE-2025-36096
AIX Insufficiently Protected Credentials
CRITICAL 9.0
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.32 % · percentile 25 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- ibm
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | ibm |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · psirt@us.ibm.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-180540
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-36096
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1013 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| IBM · AIX | affected 7.2 ; affected 7.3 |
| IBM · VIOS | affected 3.1 ; affected 4.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |