IBM SV 8.4-8.7 Privilege Escalation via SSH Auth Check Flaw
CVE-2025-36120 Published on August 18, 2025
IBM Storage Virtualize privilege escalation
IBM Storage Virtualize 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, and 8.7 could allow an authenticated user to escalate their privileges in an SSH session due to incorrect authorization checks to access resources.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-36120 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVE-2025-36120 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-36120
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Affected Versions
IBM Storage Virtualize:- Version 8.4 is affected.
- Version 8.5 is affected.
- Version 8.6 is affected.
- Version 8.7 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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