CVE-2025-36236
AIX Path Traversal
HIGH 8.2
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.53 % · percentile 44 ()
- 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 NIM server (formerly known as NIM master) service (nimesis) could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request to write arbitrary files on the system.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L | ibm |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L | NVD · psirt@us.ibm.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-180538
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-36236
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 |