CVE-2025-36096
AIX Insufficiently Protected Credentials
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM UTC
Updated: October 18, 2026 at 08:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAIXVIOS
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-522
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