CVE-2025-36087Network attack vectorHinoki check available

Unauthorized access via hard-coded credentials

Published Oct 13, 2025 · Updated Oct 13, 2025

Hard-coded credentials in IBM Security Verify Access and Verify Identity Access Container allow remote attackers to gain unauthorized access. Affected versions 10.0.0 through 10.0.9 and 11.0.0 embed a password or cryptographic key for authentication, external communication, or internal encryption. Exploitation requires an affected configuration; IBM has not disclosed the credential, subsystem, or exact access gained.

CVSS severity8.1
High
EPSS probability0.29%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Hard-coded credentials in IBM Security Verify Access and Verify Identity Access Container allow remote attackers to gain unauthorized access. Affected versions 10.0.0 through 10.0.9 and 11.0.0 embed a password or cryptographic key for authentication, external communication, or internal encryption. Exploitation requires an affected configuration; IBM has not disclosed the credential, subsystem, or exact access gained.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-36087
Published
Oct 13, 2025
Updated
Oct 13, 2025
Vendor
IBM
Product
IBM Security Verify Access
Classifications
CWE-798
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=10.0.0 <=10.0.9
  2. Affected versionversion=11.0.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · IBM Security Verify Accessversion=10.0.0 <=10.0.9; version=11.0.0
IBM · IBM Verify Identity Access Containerversion=10.0.0 <=10.0.9; version=11.0.0

Published CVSS scores

8.1IBMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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