What is CVE-2025-36096?

CVE-2025-36096 is a critical-severity vulnerability in IBM Aix, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2025-11-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-36096?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Aix

CVE-2025-36096

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.

Published 2025-11-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Aix — versions 7.2, 7.3
IBM Vios — versions 4.1.0, 3.1.0, 3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7251173 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-36096?: CVE-2025-36096 is a critical-severity vulnerability in IBM Aix, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2025-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-36096?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.