CVE-2025-36244CWE-454

CVE-2025-36244

High · published September 16, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00123 · 1.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-454 · External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores
Published
2025-09-16T19:15Z
Affected products (4)
ProductVersionsFixed in
ibm/viosall versions—
ibm/viosall versions—
ibm/aixall versions—
ibm/aixall versions—
References (1)
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7245092 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 SEP 14:38Z
    IBM AIX privilege escalation
    cvelistv5