Vulnerability · CVE-2025-36004
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 could allow a user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call in IBM Facsimile Support for i.
Published Jun 25, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · IBM
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-36004. EPSS is 0.54%. Act only if a listed version of IBM is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High8.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.54%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor IBM i 7.4
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 could allow a user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call in IBM Facsimile Support for i. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor IBM i 7.47.4
How to fix CVE-2025-36004
Recommended remediation
A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-36004. EPSS is 0.54%. Act only if a listed version of IBM is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with IBM i 7.4 7.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.54%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 25, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 could allow a user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call in IBM Facsimile Support for i. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.
Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 could allow a user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call in IBM Facsimile Support for i. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-36004
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-36004
30-day exploitation probability 0.54%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-19080
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 could allow a user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call in IBM Facsimile Support for i. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 24, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.