CVE-2025-36354: IBM Security Verify Access command execution

13

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)+4
Technical severity (high)+6
Automatable exploitation (SSVC)+3

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

0.33%

ahead of 25% of scored CVEs · Oct 19, 2026

Affects

Ibm

Security Verify Access and 4 more

CVSS base

7.3

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

Yes

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

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

Documented patch — www.ibm.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

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 Security Verify Access, Ibm Security Verify Access Appliance, Ibm Security Verify Access Docker…).
The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (injection), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Ibm	Security Verify Access	≥ 10.0.0.0 and < 10.0.9.0version 10.0.9.0version 10.0.9.0-interim_fix1version 10.0.9.0-interim_fix2	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Ibm	Security Verify Access Appliance	≥ 10.0.0.0 and ≤ 10.0.9.0 IF2≥ 11.0.0.0 and ≤ 11.0.1.0	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Ibm	Security Verify Access Docker	≥ 10.0.0.0 and < 10.0.9.0version 10.0.9.0version 10.0.9.0-interim_fix1version 10.0.9.0-interim_fix2	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Ibm	Security Verify Access Docker	≥ 10.0.0.0 and ≤ 10.0.9.0 IF2≥ 11.0.0.0 and ≤ 11.0.1.0	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Ibm	Verify Identity Access	≥ 11.0.0.0 and < 11.0.1.0version 11.0.1.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Ibm	Verify Identity Access Docker	≥ 11.0.0.0 and < 11.0.1.0version 11.0.1.0	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

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

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

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
7.3	CVSS 3.1	High	3.9	3.4	psirt@us.ibm.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
7.3	CVSS 3.1	High	—	—	GitHub, Inc. via GitHub Security Advisories
7.3	CVSS 3.1	High	—	—	ibm via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L (score shown at the top: psirt@us.ibm.com)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-78 · OS Command Injection

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 18, 2026 → Oct 19, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.33%

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).
Look for parameters with command/query metacharacters and unexpected child processes of the service.

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSapplication logsendpoint telemetry (EDR)

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · ibm/security verify access appliance, ibm/security verify access docker
Oct 18, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 18, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 18, 2026
Fix documented
Oct 18, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Affected products added · ibm/security verify access, ibm/security verify access docker, ibm/verify identity access, ibm/verify identity access do
Oct 18, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVSS changed · 7.3
Oct 18, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 18, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 18, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
2025
CVE published
Oct 6, 2025 · ibm

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

2× References added · Oct 18, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026
1× Official description updated · Oct 18, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026

References

3 on the record

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7247215
Patch, Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, patch, NIST National Vulnerability Database
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-36354
GitHub Security Advisories
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7jj8-xpmf-fcv4
GitHub Security Advisories

Elsewhere on this site

Ibm
every CVE for this vendor

Injection
same class

CWE-78
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

High CVE-2026-109126 IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access Hard-coded Credentials 13h
Critical CVE-2026-78401 Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access 11d
Critical CVE-2026-78406 Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access 11d
Medium CVE-2026-78407 Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access 11d
Medium CVE-2026-78399 Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access 11d
High CVE-2026-78388 Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access 11d

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 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-2025-36354 is "IBM Security Verify Access command execution", rated High. It affects Security Verify Access (Ibm); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.3 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.33% 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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