CVE-2025-36356 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM Security Verify Access and its Docker versions (10.0.0.0-10.0.9.0 and 11.0.0.0-11.0.1.0). A locally authenticated user can exploit this flaw to gain root privileges due to the software executing with excessive permissions. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered substantial community discussion with 11 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.0.0.0, < 10.0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_verify_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_verify_access:10.0.9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_verify_access:10.0.9.0:interim_fix1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_verify_access:10.0.9.0:interim_fix2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.0.0.0, < 10.0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_verify_access_docker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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, 0.7 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 1.0 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.