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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2025· Updated Feb 26, 2026

IBM AIX privilege escalation

CVE-2025-36244

Description

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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Affected products

4
  • IBM/Aixv52 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 7.2
    • (no CPE)range: 7.2, 7.3
  • IBM/Viosllm-fuzzy2 versions
    3.1, 4.1+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: 3.1, 4.1
    • (no CPE)range: 3.1

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