CVE-2025-36244
IBM AIX privilege escalation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.4 High
- Published
- Sep 16, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 15, 2025
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.4 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | ibm |
Weaknesses
- CWE-454 External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
AIXIBM |
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VIOSIBM |
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References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7245092vendor-advisorypatch
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