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CVE-2025-25026:
IBM Guardium Appliance vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
IBM Security Guardium 12.0 contains a vulnerability (CVE-2025-25026) that could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information due to an incorrect authentication check. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on May 27, 2025 (IBM Security Bulletin, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, indicating that it requires network access and low privileges to exploit, with no user interaction needed (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from the system. While the confidentiality impact is rated as low, there are no direct impacts on system integrity or availability (IBM Security Bulletin).
Mitigation and workarounds
IBM has released a patch to address this vulnerability. Customers are encouraged to update their systems promptly using the fix available through IBM Fix Central. The patch is included in SqlGuard12.0p40Bundle (IBM Security Bulletin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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