CVE-2025-36254

DS8900F and DS8A00 Authentication Bypass

HIGH
7.4
CVSS Score
Published: August 19, 2026 at 09:22 PM UTC
Updated: September 29, 2026 at 10:10 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorDS8900F FirmwareDS8A00 FirmwareDS8900F

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Severity
HIGH7.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

IBM System Storage DS8A00 10.1.3.0 through 10.11.35.0 and IBM DS8900F 89.40.83.0 through 89.44.25.0 could allow an attacker to bypass security authentication due to improperly encoding of DSCLI command output to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service.

Affected

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

89.40.83.0 ≤ v ≤ 89.44.25.0
ibm-ds8900f (same device)
10.1.3.0 ≤ v ≤ 10.11.35.0
ibm-ds8a00 (same device)
89.40.83.0 ≤ v ≤ 89.44.25.089.40.83.0
10.1.3.0 ≤ v ≤ 10.11.35.010.1.3.0

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (1)

Vendor AdvisoryPatch
Source: cverecord
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7284322

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

7.4HIGHibm
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-116

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