CVE-2025-36255

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7284322	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8900f_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:ibm:ds8900f:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8a00_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:ibm:ds8a00:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-19 22:16

Updated : 2026-08-24 19:18

NVD link : CVE-2025-36255

Mitre link : CVE-2025-36255

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-36255

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

ds8900f_firmware
ds8900f
ds8a00_firmware
ds8a00

CWE

CWE-267

Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

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