Vulnerability · CVE-2025-36244
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 t
Published Sep 16, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · IBM AIX
Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-36244. EPSS is 0.12%. Act only if a listed version of IBM AIX is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- CVE-2025-36236 · Critical
- CVE-2025-36096 · Critical
- Severity
- High7.4
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.12%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor IBM AIX 7.2
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.
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- vendor IBM AIX 7.27.2
How to fix CVE-2025-36244
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 7.2
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
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-2025-36244. EPSS is 0.12%. Act only if a listed version of IBM AIX is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with IBM AIX 7.2 7.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.12%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Sep 16, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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.
Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-36244
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-36244
30-day exploitation probability 0.12%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-29617
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.
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
- FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
- EUVDOct 22, 2026