Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2025 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2025-36120IBM Storage Virtualize privilege escalation

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity incorrect authorization in Storage Virtualize 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 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Storage Virtualize 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, and 8.7 could allow an authenticated user to escalate their privileges in an SSH session due to incorrect authorization checks to access resources.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Storage Virtualize	8.48.58.68.7

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7240796 vendor-advisory, patch