CVE-2025-36096

CRITICAL 9.0

AIX Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS Score

9.0

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-522
Vendor	ibm
Product	aix
Published	Nov 13, 2025
Last Updated	Feb 26, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

IBM / AIX

7.2 7.3

IBM / VIOS

3.1 4.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

ibm.com: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7251173

Credits

These vulnerabilities were reported to IBM by Oneconsult AG (https://oneconsult.com/), Jan Alsenz.