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.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
1- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7245092mitrevendor-advisorypatch
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