🛡️ CVE-2025-36236 — aix

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-36236 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2025-36236 is recorded against 2 packages.

• aix
• vios

Timeline and source

Published on 13 November 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.ibm.com

Other advisories for this package

aix has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-6732 (6.5 Medium, published 23 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-0990 (5.9 Medium, published 15 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2026-0989 (3.7 Low, published 15 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2026-0992 (2.9 Low, published 15 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2025-36250 (10.0 Critical, published 13 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-36096 (9.0 Critical, published 13 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-36251 (9.6 Critical, published 13 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-62231 (7.3 High, published 30 Oct 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-22: Path Traversal) in other software:

• CVE-2016-1000305 (published 31 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-47951 (5.7 Medium, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-39210 (5.0 Medium, published 12 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-3146 (5.5 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-23608 (0.0 Low, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-1483 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-52288 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-41057 (2.0 Low, published 7 Jul 2026)

Details

Affected Packages

References