CVE-2025-36244

Published: Sep 16, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.4

HIGH

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	AIX	affected `7.2` affected `7.3`
IBM	VIOS	affected `3.1` affected `4.1`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-454

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7245092

vendor-advisory

patch

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CVE-2025-36244

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References