Vulnerability · Published Nov 13, 2025 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2025-36096AIX Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Critical 9.0
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in AIX from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.0Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-522 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7251173 vendor-advisory, patch