Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
An authenticated, low-privileged user could access or alter another user's command history on affected IBM storage systems. This may expose sensitive operational information or undermine audit reliability. The issue does not affect availability, and the supplied sources provide no evidence of active exploitation.
Executive priority
Prioritize normal vulnerability remediation, with faster handling where many users share administrative access or command histories contain sensitive operational data. This is not an emergency based on current evidence, but altered histories could weaken investigations and accountability.
Technical view
CVE-2025-36398 is a CWE-73 externally controlled filename weakness affecting specified DS8A00 and DS8900F versions. Network exploitation requires low privileges, low complexity, and no user interaction. Impact is limited to low confidentiality and integrity loss, with unchanged scope and no availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to IBM System Storage DS8A00 versions 10.1.3.0 through 10.11.35.0 and DS8900F versions 89.40.83.0 through 89.44.25.0. Practical risk requires an authenticated user with network access to the affected management functionality.
Exploitation context
The CVSS vector indicates network reachability, low attack complexity, low privileges, and no user interaction. Successful abuse could read or modify another user's command history. The CVE is not listed as KEV, and the supplied sources do not establish public or active exploitation.
Researcher notes
The weakness is classified as CWE-73 and concerns externally controlled filenames. Available information identifies cross-user command-history reading or modification but does not describe the affected component, filename handling path, indicators, or exploitation in the wild. Avoid inferring broader file access without additional vendor evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory affected DS8A00 and DS8900F systems and record their exact installed versions.
- Review IBM's advisory for the approved remediation and apply it through established change controls.
- Restrict management access to authorized administrators and trusted networks until remediation is confirmed.
- Review user privileges and remove unnecessary accounts or access rights.
Validation and detection
- Compare installed versions against the affected ranges stated in IBM's advisory.
- Confirm the IBM-recommended remediation is installed on every affected system.
- Verify management interfaces are restricted to approved users and trusted network paths.
- Review relevant audit records for unexpected command-history access or modification.
Public sources used
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CWE-73: File access and web shell behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.4 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N2.82.5ibmVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.4MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Vulnerability timeline
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7284322CVE reference, ibm · vendor-advisory, patch
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External Control of File Name or Path
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