# CVE-2025-36436: Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for January 2026.

> Authenticated users can inject JavaScript into the web interface, potentially stealing credentials from other users within trusted sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/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:** 2 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 4 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2rh6-mp5g-j2gf

## What is CVE-2025-36436?

CVE-2025-36436 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation, published on 2 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation 25.0.0 through 25.0.0 Interim Fix 002, 24.0.1 through 24.0.1 Interim Fix 005, and 24.0.0 through 24.0.0 Interim Fix 007  is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36436?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cloud Pak for Business Automation.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-36436?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36436 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-36436 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36436 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation

- [CVE-2023-35899](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35899/): IBM Cloud Pak for Automation CSV injection (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2025-36092](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36092/): IBM Business Automation Insights improper input validation (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-36023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36023/): IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation security bypass (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-1838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1838/): IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation denial of service (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-38367](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38367/): IBM Cloud Pak for Automation authentication bypass (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-36436 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-36436 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation, published on 2 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36436 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation. 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-2025-36436/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36436/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-36436
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-36436
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-36436

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36436/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.