Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in IBM Transformation Advisor
CVE-2025-36193

8.4HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

IBM
Status
Transformation Advisor
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 September 2025

What is CVE-2025-36193?

The IBM Transformation Advisor is vulnerable due to improper privilege assignment to crucial security files, which can lead to potential local root escalation within a container utilizing the IBM Transformation Advisor Operator Catalog image. This vulnerability can enable an attacker with limited access to escalate their permissions and potentially gain full control over the containerized environment, compromising the security integrity of the application. Mitigations and patches are recommended to safeguard against these threats.

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Affected Version(s)

Transformation Advisor 2.0.1 <= 4.3.1

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7243632
vendor-advisorypatch

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.4
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Antony Di Scala
Mike Whale
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