CVE-2025-36119 (GCVE-0-2025-36119)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-08 14:25 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
IBM i authentication bypass
Summary
IBM i 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is affected by an authenticated user obtaining elevated privileges with IBM Digital Certificate Manager for i (DCM) due to a web session hijacking vulnerability. An authenticated user without administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability to perform actions in DCM as an administrator.
Severity
7.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-13 15:03 UTC
CWE
- CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7241008 | vendor-advisorypatch |
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