CVE-2025-3218

Published May 7, 2025

Last updated 2 months ago

CVSS medium 5.4

Overview

Description
IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to authentication and authorization attacks due to incorrect validation processing in IBM i Netserver. A malicious actor could use the weaknesses, in conjunction with brute force authentication attacks or to bypass authority restrictions, to access the server.
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
5.4
Impact score
2.5
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

psirt@us.ibm.com
CWE-295

Social media

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.