CVE-2025-36398 DS8900F and DS8A00 Information Disclosure
Authenticated users can read or modify other users' command history via externally controlled filenames in IBM DS8900F and DS8A00 storage systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-36398?
CVE-2025-36398 is a medium-severity path traversal 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 read or modify another user's command history due to an externally controlled filename.
Weakness: CWE-73
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36398?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Ds8900f Firmware, Ibm Ds8a00 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2025-36398?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36398 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-36398 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36398 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM DS8900F (R9.4)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8mjv-2344-rw9g.