# CVE-2025-36104: IBM Storage Scale information disclosure

> Authenticated users can access sensitive file information due to insecure SMB permissions in IBM Storage Scale.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vqmp-p2v4-jvvq

## What is CVE-2025-36104?

CVE-2025-36104 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Scale, published on 12 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Storage Scale 5.2.3.0 and 5.2.3.1 could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information from files due to the insecure permissions inherited through the SMB protocol.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource), CWE-277 (Insecure Inherited Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36104?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Storage Scale.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-36104?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36104 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-36104 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36104 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Scale

- [CVE-2024-31891](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31891/): IBM Storage Scale privilege escalation (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-13460](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-13460/): Hardcoded credentials in Storage Scale (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-1137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1137/): IBM Storage Scale command injection (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-31892](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31892/): IBM Storage Scale SQL injection (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-19483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19483/): Information disclosure in Storage Scale (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-36104 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-36104 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Scale, published on 12 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36104 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Storage Scale. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36104/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36104/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-36104
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-36104
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-36104

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