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CVE-2025-36356


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.


Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a CRITICAL severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.3, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 4 products from ibm, from ibm, from ibm and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2025, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.


Published

2025-10-06T17:16:05.507

Last Modified

2025-12-15T19:20:17.190

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.3 (CRITICAL)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-250

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application ibm security_verify_access < 10.0.9.0 Yes
Application ibm security_verify_access 10.0.9.0 Yes
Application ibm security_verify_access 10.0.9.0 Yes
Application ibm security_verify_access 10.0.9.0 Yes
Application ibm security_verify_access_docker < 10.0.9.0 Yes
Application ibm security_verify_access_docker 10.0.9.0 Yes
Application ibm security_verify_access_docker 10.0.9.0 Yes
Application ibm security_verify_access_docker 10.0.9.0 Yes
Application ibm verify_identity_access < 11.0.1.0 Yes
Application ibm verify_identity_access 11.0.1.0 Yes
Application ibm verify_identity_access_docker < 11.0.1.0 Yes
Application ibm verify_identity_access_docker 11.0.1.0 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For ibm's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.