CVE-2025-36254

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Authentication Bypass in IBM System Storage DS8A00 and DS8900F

Publication date: 2026-08-19

Last updated on: 2026-08-24

Assigner: IBM Corporation

Description

IBM System Storage DS8A00 10.1.3.0 through 10.11.35.0 and IBM DS8900F 89.40.83.0 through 89.44.25.0 could allow an attacker to bypass security authentication due to improperly encoding of DSCLI command output to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service.

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Published

2026-08-19

Last Modified

2026-08-24

Generated

2026-09-09

AI Q&A

2026-08-20

EPSS Evaluated

2026-09-07

NVD

CVE-2025-36254

EUVD

EUVD-2025-210745

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
ibm	ds8900f_firmware	From 89.40.83.0 (inc) to 89.44.25.0 (inc)
ibm	ds8a00_firmware	From 10.1.3.0 (inc) to 10.11.35.0 (inc)

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Exploitability

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KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-116	The product prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability affects IBM System Storage DS8A00 and DS8900F products. It allows an attacker to bypass security authentication due to improper encoding of DSCLI command output. This could lead to sensitive information disclosure or cause a denial of service.

Detection Guidance

This vulnerability involves improper encoding of DSCLI command output in IBM System Storage DS8A00 and DS8900F. Detection requires checking for unauthorized access attempts or unusual command outputs. No specific commands are provided in the context to detect this issue.

Impact Analysis

An attacker could exploit this to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data stored on the affected IBM storage systems. They might also disrupt services by causing a denial of service, impacting availability of critical storage resources.

Compliance Impact

This vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data, violating confidentiality requirements in GDPR and HIPAA. Organizations using these IBM storage systems may fail compliance audits if data breaches occur due to this issue.

Mitigation Strategies

Apply the latest IBM System Storage DS8A00 firmware update to version 10.11.36.0 or later and IBM DS8900F firmware update to version 89.44.26.0 or later to address the improper encoding issue.

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