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Critical 9.0Published Nov 13, 2025

CVE-2025-36096AIX Insufficiently Protected Credentials

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It affects IBM AIX and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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.

CVSS
9.0 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-522
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
ibm
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Feb 26, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
IBM AIX
ibm:aix
7.2; 7.3
CNA record
IBM VIOS
ibm:vios
3.1; 4.1
CNA record
ibm vios
ibm:vios
3.1.0; 4.1.0
NVD
ibm aix
ibm:aix
7.2; 7.3
NVD

References

  • vendor-advisory, patch

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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