CVE-2025-36192 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-36192
Vulnerability Scoring

6.7
/10
High Risk

If left unpatched, CVE-2025-36192 could lead to major system disruptions or data loss.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: High
    Exploits require significant effort and special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Local
    Vulnerability requires local system access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2025-36192 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕘 14 Jan 2026, 21:09 UTC
Originally published on: 🕑 26 Dec 2025, 14:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 19 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

psirt@us.ibm.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CVE-2025-36192 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-36192: IBM DS8A00( R10.1) 10.10.106.0 and IBM DS8A00 ( R10.0) 10.1.3.010.2.45.0 and IBM DS8900F ( R9.4) 89.40.83.089.42.18.089.44.5.0 IBM System Storage DS8000 could allow a local user with authorized CCW update permissions to delete or corrupt backups due to missing authorization in IBM Safeguarded Copy / GDPS Logical corruption protection mechanisms.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-36192

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-36192 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-36192

CVE-2025-36192 presents a challenge to exploit due to its high attack complexity, but the absence of privilege requirements still makes it a viable target for skilled attackers. A thorough security review is advised.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-36192, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-36192, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2025-36192 has no significant impact on data confidentiality.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2025-36192 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: High
    CVE-2025-36192 can disrupt system operations, potentially causing complete denial of service (DoS).

CVE-2025-36192 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws CAPEC-665 An adversary leverages a firmware weakness within the Thunderbolt protocol, on a computing device to manipulate Thunderbolt controller firmware in order to exploit vulnerabilities in the implementation of authorization and verification schemes within Thunderbolt protection mechanisms. Upon gaining physical access to a target device, the adversary conducts high-level firmware manipulation of the victim Thunderbolt controller SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) flash, through the use of a SPI Programing device and an external Thunderbolt device, typically as the target device is booting up. If successful, this allows the adversary to modify memory, subvert authentication mechanisms, spoof identities and content, and extract data and memory from the target device. Currently 7 major vulnerabilities exist within Thunderbolt protocol with 9 attack vectors as noted in the Execution Flow.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8a00_firmware:10.10.106.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8a00_firmware:10.10.106.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:ibm:ds8a00:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:ibm:ds8a00:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8a00_firmware:10.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8a00_firmware:10.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8a00_firmware:10.2.45.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8a00_firmware:10.2.45.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:ibm:ds8a00:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:ibm:ds8a00:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8a00_firmware:89.40.83.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8a00_firmware:89.40.83.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8a00_firmware:89.42.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8a00_firmware:89.42.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8a00_firmware:89.44.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:ds8a00_firmware:89.44.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:h:ibm:ds8a00:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:h:ibm:ds8a00:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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