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CVE-2025-36120

IBM Storage Virtualize privilege escalation

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 18, 2025 at 01:39 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:14 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorStorage Virtualize

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

IBM Storage Virtualize 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, and 8.7 could allow an authenticated user to escalate their privileges in an SSH session due to incorrect authorization checks to access resources.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Storage Virtualize· IBM
95%
8.4.0.0 ≤ v < 8.4.0.188.5.0.0 ≤ v < 8.5.0.168.5.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.5.2.38.6.0.0 ≤ v < 8.6.0.98.7.0.0 ≤ v < 8.7.0.68.7.3.0 ≤ v < 8.7.3.38.48.4.1.08.4.2.08.4.2.18.4.3.18.58.5.1.08.5.3.08.5.3.18.5.4.08.68.6.1.08.6.2.08.6.2.18.6.3.08.78.7.1.08.7.2.08.7.2.1
Affected range stops below 8.4.0.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.5.0.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.6.0.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.7.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.7.3.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor AdvisoryPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7240796

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHibm
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-863

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