CVE-2025-36096 (GCVE-0-2025-36096)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-13 22:01 – Updated: 2026-02-26 16:56
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
AIX Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Summary
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.
Severity
9 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-15 04:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7251173 | vendor-advisorypatch |
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