CVE-2025-36194: This Power System update is being released to address

0

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 0.1% (30-day exploitation probability)+0

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

0.13%

ahead of 2% of scored CVEs · Oct 15, 2026

Affects

Ibm

Powervm Hypervisor

CVSS base

3.3

Low · 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

No

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 Powervm Hypervisor).
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	Powervm Hypervisor	version fw1060.41version fw950.e0version fw950.e1version fw950.f0version fw1060.00version fw1060.10version fw1060.12version fw1060.20 and 26 more version fw1060.21version fw1060.40version fw950.d1version fw1060.50version fw1060.51version fw1110.00version fw1110.01version fw1110.03version fw950.71version fw950.10version fw950.11version fw950.20version fw950.30version fw950.40version fw950.50version fw950.60version fw950.70version fw950.00version fw950.80version fw950.90version fw950.a0version fw950.b0version fw950.c0version fw950.c1version fw950.c2version fw950.d0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Ibm	Powervm Hypervisor	≥ FW1110.00 and ≤ FW1110.03≥ FW1060.00 and ≤ FW1060.51≥ FW950.00 and ≤ FW950.F0	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

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

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
3.3	CVSS 3.1	Low	1.8	1.4	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
2.8	CVSS 3.1	Low	1.1	1.4	psirt@us.ibm.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
2.8	CVSS 3.1	Low	—	—	ibm via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N (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 3.3 (NVD (NIST)) as a conservative provisional reference — not a definitive official score.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-1262

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 15, 2026 · 3 reading(s) · max 0.13%

Detection

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

Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.

endpoint telemetry (EDR)

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · ibm/powervm hypervisor
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 · 3.3
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 2, 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/7257555
Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, patch, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Ibm
every CVE for this vendor

CWE-1262
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

High CVE-2026-96265 IBM Power Systems Firmware Improper Memory Buffer Restriction 3d
High CVE-2026-96264 IBM Power Systems Firmware FW1060.00 through FW1060.81 is affected by a vulnerability in the... 3d
High CVE-2026-96266 IBM Power Systems Firmware Buffer Overflow 3d
High CVE-2026-96262 IBM Power Systems Firmware FW1060.00 through FW1060.81 is affected by a vulnerability in the... 3d
High CVE-2026-96261 IBM Power Systems Firmware Buffer Overflow 3d
High CVE-2026-96263 IBM Power Systems Firmware Buffer Overflow 3d

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-2025-36194 is "This Power System update is being released to address", rated Low. It affects Powervm Hypervisor (Ibm); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 3.3 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.13% 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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