High

CVE-2025-36094 — Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for January 2026.

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 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service or corrupt existing data due to the improper validation of input length.

Published Feb 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: ibm

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.3% (30-day exploitation probability)+2
Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.25%

ahead of 15% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

Ibm

Cloud Pak For Business Automation

CVSS base

8.1

High · 3 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Partial

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Ibm Cloud Pak For Business Automation).
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes, errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Ibm	Cloud Pak For Business Automation	version 24.0.0version 24.0.0-interim_fix_001version 24.0.0-interim_fix_002version 24.0.1version 24.0.1-interim_fix_001version 24.0.1-interim_fix_002version 24.0.1-interim_fix_004version 24.0.1-interim_fix_005 and 3 more version 25.0.0version 25.0.0-interim_fix_001version 25.0.0-interim_fix_002	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Ibm	Cloud Pak For Business Automation	≥ 25.0.0 and ≤ 25.0.0 Interim Fix 002≥ 24.0.1 and ≤ 24.0.1 Interim Fix 005≥ 24.0.0 and ≤ 24.0.0 Interim Fix 007	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
8.1	CVSS 3.1	High	2.8	5.2	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
5.4	CVSS 3.1	Medium	2.8	2.5	psirt@us.ibm.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
5.4	CVSS 3.1	Medium	—	—	ibm via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Scoring entities (NIST, CNA, ADP) score independently; each score is shown with its origin. For prioritization we use 8.1 (NVD (NIST)) as a conservative provisional reference — not a definitive official score.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-1284

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.25%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPS

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · ibm/cloud pak for business automation
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
CVSS changed · 8.1
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
Feb 3, 2026 · ibm

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

1 on the record

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7259318
Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, patch, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Ibm
every CVE for this vendor

CWE-1284
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2026-12751 IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker… Sep 15, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-12749 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Ibm Cloud Pak For Business Automation Sep 15, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-12750 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Ibm Cloud Pak For Business Automation Sep 15, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-12762 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File in IBM Business Automation Insights Aug 5, 2026
Medium CVE-2025-36436 Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for January 2026. Feb 2, 2026
Medium CVE-2025-36172 Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for 24.0.0-IF007, 24.0.1-IF005 and 25.0.0-IF002 Nov 3, 2025

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-36094 is "Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for January 2026.", rated High. It affects Cloud Pak For Business Automation (Ibm); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 8.1 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.25% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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