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CVE-2025-36244

5.5 medium SSVC exploitation: none Analyzed

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.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 5.5 · ibmNVD modified 2026-10-18 21:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 4

  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 1