SB2025101521 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Extreme Scale
Published: October 15, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-27553)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing double dots, e.g. ".." in file names. A remote attacker can view files outside of the current scope.
2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-30474)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the FtpFileObject class, that can expose passwords in clear text. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-25193)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application attempts to load a file that does not exist. A local user can create a large file on the system and crash the application.
Note, the vulnerability affects Windows installations only.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.