IBM i improper certificate validation (IBM i)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.26 % · percentile 18 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- ibm
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | ibm |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | NVD · psirt@us.ibm.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-13662
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-3218
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| IBM · i | affected 7.2 ; affected 7.3 ; affected 7.4 ; affected 7.5 ; affected 7.6 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |