CVE-2025-36255

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-20. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: 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
7.5
EG Score
7.5(high)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: 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
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
17%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 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 13× in last 7d / 13× 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.

  1. 2026-08-21 06:05 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 06:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 17:35 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 17:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 16:36 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-20 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-20 13:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-20 10:47 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-20 10:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-19 22:18 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-19 21:28 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-19 21:27 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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 20, 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 83.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-36255?
CVE-2025-36255 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (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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