Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2025 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2025-36244IBM AIX privilege escalation
High 7.4
In plain English
A high-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 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, IBM VIOS 3.1, and 4.1, when configured to use Kerberos network authentication, could allow a local user to write to files on the system with root privileges due to improper initialization of critical variables.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-454 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7245092 vendor-advisory, patch