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CVE-2025-36096

AIX Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Nov 13, 2025Updated: Nov 19, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-522
9.0CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 82.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-522

Affected Products

IBM
commercial·USaka international business machines
VIOSOn-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
AIXOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Credential Access
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References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7251173
ibm.com
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