CVE-2025-36356 IBM Security Verify Access privilege escalation
A locally authenticated user can escalate privileges to root in IBM Security Verify Access due to excessive permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-36356?
CVE-2025-36356 is a critical vulnerability in Ibm Security Verify Access, published on 6 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-250
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36356?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Ibm Security Verify Access, Ibm Security Verify Access Docker, Ibm Verify Identity Access, Ibm Verify Identity Access Docker.
How do I fix CVE-2025-36356?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36356 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-36356 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36356 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Security Verify Access
- CVE-2026-78401 Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access
- CVE-2026-78406 Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access
- CVE-2024-49803 IBM Security Verify Access Appliance command execution
- CVE-2021-39070 Auth bypass in n/a
- CVE-2024-49805 IBM Security Verify Access Appliance hard coded credentials
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v32q-pvc7-fgqc.