TI-2025-24765 Aliases CVE-2025-36236 GHSA-5x48-f75w-m9hh

AIX Path Traversal

MEDIUM 46CWE-22Published 2025-11-13 · Updated 2025-11-14

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM VIOS 3.1, and 4.1 NIM server (formerly known as NIM master) service (nimesis) could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request to write arbitrary files on the system.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00525 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
IBM	AIX	7.2; 7.3	—	No fix listed	CNA
IBM	VIOS	3.1; 4.1	—	No fix listed	CNA

AIX VendorIBM Affected 7.2; 7.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
VIOS VendorIBM Affected 3.1; 4.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1.0:::::::*	3.1.0	Vulnerable	IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:4.1.0:::::::*	4.1.0	Vulnerable	IBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:::::::*	7.2	Vulnerable	IBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:::::::*	7.3	Vulnerable	IBM

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2 Vulnerable ·IBM
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Advisory · 2025-11-13
IBM AIX, VIOS — ibm.com/support/pages/node/7251173
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 4 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-24774 AIX Code ExecutionPriority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2025-24775 AIX Command ExecutionPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2025-24686 AIX Insufficiently Protected CredentialsPriority MEDIUM 41
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-36236
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5x48-f75w-m9hh

References

Patch 1

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7251173

TI-2001-00767 Buffer overflow in login in various System V based operating systems allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2003-00642 The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2009-03523 Stack-based buffer overflow in libcsa.a (aka the calendar daemon library) in IBM AIX 5.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-1999-00045 Buffer overflow of rlogin program using TERM environmental variable. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2001-00539 Buffer overflow in BSD-based telnetd telnet daemon on various operating systems allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-1999-00009 Inverse query buffer overflow in BIND 4.9 and BIND 8 Releases. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0

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Sources

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