CVE-2025-36096 (GCVE-0-2025-36096)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-13 22:01 – Updated: 2026-02-26 16:56
VLAI
Title
AIX Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Summary
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.
Severity
9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Assigner
ibm
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7251173 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM AIX Affected: 7.2
Affected: 7.3
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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IBM VIOS Affected: 3.1
Affected: 4.1
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
These vulnerabilities were reported to IBM by Oneconsult AG (https://oneconsult.com/), Jan Alsenz.
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