CVE-2025-36244

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.001 · 2 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.12% (2nd) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

16 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.1–7.4

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.17.4highAV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 1.4 · impact 5.9

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-454USCWE-454US

affected products (16)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM AIX 7.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:ibm:aix:7.2
IBM AIX 7.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:ibm:aix:7.3
IBM VIOS 3.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:vios:3.1
IBM VIOS 4.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:vios:4.1
IBM AIX≤ 7.2enisa_euvdEU
IBM AIX≤ 7.3enisa_euvdEU
IBM VIOS≤ 3.1enisa_euvdEU
IBM VIOS≤ 4.1enisa_euvdEU
IBM Corp. AIX≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
IBM Corp. AIX≤ 7.2fstec_bduRU
IBM Corp. IBM Vios≤ 4.1fstec_bduRU
IBM Corp. IBM Vios≤ 3.1fstec_bduRU
ibm aix= 7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm vios= 4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-2065IBM AIX: Schwachstelle ermöglicht ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2025-09-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in IBM AIX und IBM VIOS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-09-16modified 2026-10-18

references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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