CVE-2025-36096 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials in IBM Vios

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials3 documents3 sources
Severity
8.1HIGHNVD
CNA9.0
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
IBM AIXIBM Vios
Timeline
PublishedNov 13
Latest updateNov 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5ibm/vios3.1, 4.1+1
▶NVDibm/vios3.1.0, 4.1.0+1
▶CVEListV5ibm/aix7.2, 7.3+1
▶NVDibm/aix7.2, 7.3+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gcw9-j843-4vfx: IBM AIX 7↗2025-11-14
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CVEList
AIX Insufficiently Protected Credentials↗2025-11-13
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