Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-36356

CriticalLPE

Published: 06 October 2025

Published
06 October 2025
Modified
15 December 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0002 4.2th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-36356 is a critical-severity Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) vulnerability in Ibm Security Verify Access. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 4.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

ibm
security verify access
10.0.9.0 · 10.0.0.0 — 10.0.9.0
ibm
security verify access docker
10.0.9.0 · 10.0.0.0 — 10.0.9.0
ibm
verify identity access
11.0.1.0 · 11.0.0.0 — 11.0.1.0
ibm
verify identity access docker
11.0.1.0 · 11.0.0.0 — 11.0.1.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-250

Policy promotes least privilege by defining necessary privileges and management commitment to them.

addresses: CWE-250

Supervision detects and allows removal of unnecessary privileges that enable execution with excess rights.

addresses: CWE-250

Reviewing accounts for compliance, disabling/removing unneeded accounts, and aligning with termination processes prevents execution with unnecessary privileges.

addresses: CWE-250

Separation of duties prevents any single user from holding all privileges needed to complete a critical task, directly reducing execution with unnecessary privileges.

addresses: CWE-250

Directly prevents execution with more privileges than needed for assigned tasks.

addresses: CWE-250

Role-based training on least privilege principles reduces the chance personnel assign or retain unnecessary privileges.

addresses: CWE-250

Analysis of audit records can identify execution with unnecessary privileges through unusual activity patterns.

addresses: CWE-250

Automatic termination after a defined period eliminates unnecessary privileges from persistent connections.

References