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CVE-2025-36356: IBM Security Verify Access privilege escalation
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-10-06 · updated 2026-10-18
- Weakness: CWE-250
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.
Affected products
- IBM Security Verify Access: from 10.0.0.0 before 10.0.9.0; 10.0.9.0, 10.0.9.0-interim_fix1, 10.0.9.0-interim_fix2 — fixed in 10.0.9.0
- IBM Security Verify Access Docker: from 10.0.0.0 before 10.0.9.0; 10.0.9.0, 10.0.9.0-interim_fix1, 10.0.9.0-interim_fix2 — fixed in 10.0.9.0
- IBM Verify Identity Access: from 11.0.0.0 before 11.0.1.0; 11.0.1.0 — fixed in 11.0.1.0
- IBM Verify Identity Access Docker: from 11.0.0.0 before 11.0.1.0; 11.0.1.0 — fixed in 11.0.1.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Security Verify Access 10.0.9.0; IBM Security Verify Access Docker 10.0.9.0; IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0.1.0; IBM Verify Identity Access Docker 11.0.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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