Vulnerability details
CVE-2025-36236
IBM AIXIBM VIOS
AIX Path Traversal
CVSS 3.1
8.2High
Official description
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM VIOS 3.1, and 4.1 NIM server (formerly known as NIM master) service (nimesis) could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request to write arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (ibm) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | AIX | 7.2 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| IBM | AIX | 7.3 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| IBM | VIOS | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| IBM | VIOS | 4.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
1- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7251173 vendor-advisorypatch
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Details
- Published
- 2025-11-14
- Last updated
- 2025-11-14
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- ibm
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
44.6%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')