CVE-2025-36250 is a critical vulnerability affecting IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, and IBM VIOS 3.1, 4.1 NIM servers, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands due to improper process controls in the nimesis service. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV entry, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.