9.3
CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-36356
IBM Security Verify Access privilege escalation
Description

IBM Security Verify Access and IBM Security Verify Access Docker 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.9.0 and 11.0.0.0 through 11.0.1.0 could allow a locally authenticated user to escalate their privileges to root due to execution with more privileges than required.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 6, 2025, 5:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 8, 2025, 7:38 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-36356 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ibm security_verify_access
2 Ibm security_verify_access_docker
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL 9a959283-ebb5-44b6-b705-dcc2bbced522
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
Apply vendor patches to restrict unnecessary privileges and prevent privilege escalation.
  • Update to a non-vulnerable version.
  • Limit process privileges to the minimum required.
  • Review and restrict user access controls.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-36356.

URL Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7247215
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-36356 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-36356 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-36356 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Daily CyberSecurity
Critical RCE (CVE-2025-10035) in GoAnywhere MFT Used by Medusa Ransomware Group

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has issued a warning following the discovery of active exploitation of a newly disclosed critical vulnerability in GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) software by the ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 07, 2025 (4 days, 16 hours ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
Critical Flaw CVE-2025-36356 (CVSS 9.3) in IBM Security Verify Access Allows Root Privilege Escalation

IBM has released fixes for three security vulnerabilities affecting its IBM Security Verify Access and IBM Verify Identity Access products, warning that the issues could lead to privilege escalation, ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 07, 2025 (4 days, 16 hours ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
Rapid7 Details Cisco ASA Zero-Day Exploit Chain (CVE-2025-20362 & CVE-2025-20333)

Security researchers at Rapid7 have published a detailed technical analysis uncovering how a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD software were exploited in-the-wild t ... Read more

Published Date: Oct 07, 2025 (4 days, 17 hours ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-36356 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 06, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description IBM Security Verify Access and IBM Security Verify Access Docker 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.9.0 and 11.0.0.0 through 11.0.1.0 could allow a locally authenticated user to escalate their privileges to root due to execution with more privileges than required.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-250
    Added Reference https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7247215
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.3
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
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