CVE-2025-36255

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 82% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
18%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 24, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified with the DS8900F and DS8A00 Hardware Management Console (HMC)

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7284322

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-36255(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 26× in last 7d / 116× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 119 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-19 01:11 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 01:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-18 12:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-13 06:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-12 17:42 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-09-11 04:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  30. 2026-09-04 11:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-09-01 08:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  44. 2026-08-31 19:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  47. 2026-08-30 19:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-30 15:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  51. 2026-08-30 01:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-08-29 14:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  54. 2026-08-29 01:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  56. 2026-08-28 11:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  58. 2026-08-27 22:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  69. 2026-08-24 19:26 UTCEG score recompute▲ 1.30
  70. 2026-08-24 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-24 19:24 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.8
  72. 2026-08-24 09:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-08-23 20:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-08-23 08:03 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-08-23 08:03 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-36255?
CVE-2025-36255 is a high vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2025-36255 disclosed?
CVE-2025-36255 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 19, 2026, with the most recent update on August 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-36255 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-36255 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 81.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-36255?
CVE-2025-36255 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-36255?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-36255, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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