CVE-2025-36096
AIX Insufficiently Protected Credentials
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.0 Critical
- Published
- Nov 13, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 15, 2025
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.0 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | ibm |
Weaknesses
- CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
AIXIBM |
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VIOSIBM |
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References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7251173vendor-advisorypatch
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