CVE-2025-36255 DS8900F and DS8A00 Privilege Escalation

What is CVE-2025-36255?

CVE-2025-36255 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM DS8900F ( R9.4), published on 19 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM System Storage DS8A00 10.1.3.0 through 10.11.35.0 and IBM DS8900F 89.40.83.0 through 89.44.25.0 could allow an authenticated user to create a user with privileged user roles due to improper privileged defined with unsafe actions.

Weakness: CWE-267

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36255?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Ds8900f Firmware, Ibm Ds8a00 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2025-36255?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36255 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-36255 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36255 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM DS8900F ( R9.4)

• CVE-2025-36254 DS8900F and DS8A00 Authentication Bypass High 7.4
• CVE-2025-36192 Missing Authorization with the DS8900F and DS8A00 Hardware Management Console Medium 6.7
• CVE-2023-46169 IBM DS8900F file manipulation Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-46170 IBM DS8900F information disclosure Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-46172 IBM DS8900F security bypass Medium 5.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-g2ch-h9hj-8fc4.