CVE-2025-3218

May 7, 2025, 2:13 p.m.

5.4
Medium

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Ibm
  • Ibm I
  • 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-295
Improper Certificate Validation
The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
o ibm ibm_i 7.2 / / / / / / /
o ibm ibm_i 7.3 / / / / / / /
o ibm ibm_i 7.4 / / / / / / /
o ibm ibm_i 7.5 / / / / / / /
o ibm ibm_i 7.6 / / / / / / /

CVSS Score

5.4 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Timeline

Published: May 7, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Last Modified: May 7, 2025, 2:13 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

psirt@us.ibm.com

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