Vulnerability · Published Nov 13, 2025 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2025-36251AIX Command Execution

Critical 9.6

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 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.6Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.2% 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 nimsh service SSL/TLS implementations could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper process controls. This addresses additional attack vectors for a vulnerability that was previously addressed in CVE-2024-56347.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	AIX	7.27.3
IBM	VIOS	3.14.1

Weakness: CWE-114 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7251173 vendor-advisory, patch