SB2025112543 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM API Connect

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 65 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-25724)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing .tar files within the list_item_verbose() function in tar/util.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted archive, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

2) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4517)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error in the tarfile module when extracting files from an archive with filter="data". A remote attacker can pass specially crafted archive to the application and write files to arbitrary locations on the system outside the extraction directory.

3) Expected behavior violation (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4435)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to change expected behavior. 

The vulnerability exists due to an error when using a TarFile.errorlevel = 0 and extracting with a filter the documented behavior. A remote attacker can force the application to extract files that were meant to be skipped. 

4) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4330)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to an insecure link following issue when extracting data from an archive in the tarfile module. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted archive to the application and overwrite arbitrary files outside the destination directory.

5) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4138)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to an insecure link following issue when extracting data from an archive in the tarfile module. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted archive to the application and overwrite arbitrary files outside the destination directory during extraction with filter="data"..

6) Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3576)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of RC4-HMAC-MD algorithm for GSSAPI-protected messages. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack.

7) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-32414)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read that occurs in the Python API (Python bindings) because of an incorrect return value. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

8) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9047)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the xmlSnprintfElementContent function of XMLSoft libxml2 due to improper memory handling by the valid.c source code. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted XML file, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

9) Uncontrolled Recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4565)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

the vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when parsing untrusted data containing an arbitrary number of recursive groups, recursive messages or a series of SGROUP tags. A remote attacker send specially crafted input to the application and can perform a denial of service attack. 

10) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24928)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the xmlSnprintfElements() function in valid.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML data to the application, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

11) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24528)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when calculating ulog block size in kadmind. A remote user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

12) Protection Mechanism Failure (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22874)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in crypto/x509 when using ExtKeyUsageAny. When calling Verify with a VerifyOptions.KeyUsages that contains ExtKeyUsageAny it disables policy validation.

This only affected certificate chains which contain policy graphs, which are rather uncommon.

13) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-0938)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to urllib.parse.urlsplit and urlparse accept domain names with square brackets. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and bypass implemented security restrictions.

14) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8176)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when handling XML content. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML content to the application, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

15) Insecure inherited permissions (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7143)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.

The vulnerability exists due to the way permissions are assigned on new tasks with RBAC enabled. A remote user can use a specially crafted task that creates new objects. Such objects will be owned by the oldest user with model/domain-level task permissions within the application and executed with privileges of such a user.

16) Improper Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4563)

The vulnerability allows a malicious node to bypass dynamic resource allocation authorization checks.

The vulnerability exists due to missing authorization checks in DynamicResourceAllocation feature gate within the NodeRestriction admission controller. A malicious node can create mirror pods that access unauthorized dynamic resources, leading to denial of service or potential privilege escalation. 

17) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-47273)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in package_index.py. A remote attacker can trick the victim into installing a specially crafted script and overwrite arbitrary files on the system, leading to code execution.

18) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-55549)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in xsltGetInheritedNsList. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

19) Uncaught Exception (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-7338)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to uncaught exception. A remote user can send a specially crafted multi-part upload request and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

20) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8941)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to an insecure link following issue in the pam_namespace module. A local user can create a specially crafted symbolic link to a critical file on the system and overwrite it with privileges of the application.

The vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU111389 (CVE-2025-6020).

21) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-7969)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

22) Use of insufficiently random values (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-7783)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform parameter injection attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to software uses a weak Math.random() method to generated random values for multipart form-encoded data. A remote attacker can observe values produced by Math.random in the target application and predict the random number used to generate form-data's boundary value and inject arbitrary parameters into requests. 

23) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-7425)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xsltSetSourceNodeFlags() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML input to the application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

24) Improper Handling of Unexpected Data Type (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-7339)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote attacker can inadvertently modify response headers when an array is passed to `response.writeHead()`

25) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6493)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the functionality of the file mode/markdown/markdown.js of the component Markdown Mode. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

26) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5222)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the SRBRoot::addTag() function in genrb binary. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass a specially crafted input to the application, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

27) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6020)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions within the pam_namespace module when handling user-controlled paths. A local user can use specially crafted symlinks and race conditions to execute arbitrary code as root. 

28) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-59343)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to symlink validation bypass if the destination directory is predictable with a specific tarball. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.

29) Double free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5914)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a double free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

30) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-58754)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits within data: URL decode. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

31) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-57810)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the addImage method. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

32) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-54798)

The vulnerability allows a local user to modify data on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to an insecure link following issue. A local user can create a specially crafted symbolic link to a critical file on the system and overwrite it with privileges of the application.

33) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-54370)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected extension bundles a vulnerable version of "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet". A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

34) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-56171)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables() and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables() functions in xmlschemas.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML document to the application, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

35) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52533)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error in gio/gsocks4aproxy.c when handling responses from SOCKS4 proxy. A remote attacker can trick the victim into connecting to a malicious SOCKS4 proxy server, trigger an off-by-one error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

36) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40403)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in libxslt. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.

37) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12718)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify arbitrary files on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error in the tarfile module. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted archive to the application and modify some file metadata (e.g. last modified) with filter="data" or file permissions (chmod) with filter="tar" of files outside the extraction directory.

38) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12243)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to libtasn1 does not properly control consumption of internal resources when decoding certain DER-encoded certificate data. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

39) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12133)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources processing a large number of SEQUENCE OF or SET OF elements in a certificate. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

40) Improper authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-10963)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in pam_access module where certain rules in its configuration file are mistakenly treated as hostnames. A remote attacker can bypass authentication process and gain unauthorized access to the system.

41) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-43804)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to urllib does not strip the "Cookie" HTTP header during cross-origin HTTP redirects. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.

42) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2728)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions. A remote user can launch containers that bypass the mountable secrets policy enforced by the ServiceAccount admission plugin when using ephemeral containers.

Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ServiceAccount admission plugin and the kubernetes.io/enforce-mountable-secrets annotation are used together with ephemeral containers.

43) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28849)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to credentials are shared via headers when following cross-domain redirects. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information.

44) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2727)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions. A remote user can launch containers using images that are restricted by ImagePolicyWebhook when using ephemeral containers.

Kubernetes clusters are only affected if the ImagePolicyWebhook admission plugin is used together with ephemeral containers.

45) Open redirect (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26159)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect victims to arbitrary URL.

The vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization of user-supplied data within the url.parse() function. A remote attacker can create a link that leads to a trusted website, however, when clicked, redirects the victim to arbitrary domain.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to perform a phishing attack and steal potentially sensitive information.

46) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49043)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xmlXIncludeAddNode() function in xinclude.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML input to the application, trigger a use-after-free error and crash the application or potentially execute arbitrary code.

47) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48646)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the efx_siena_hard_start_xmit() function in drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena/tx.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

48) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28948)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in the Unmarshal function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

49) Use of insufficiently random values (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36732)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the application generates random numbers by concatenating the string "0." with an integer, which makes the output more predictable than necessary. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information.

50) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26726)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the clear_extent_uptodate() function in fs/btrfs/inode.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

51) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28863)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources while parsing a tar file. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

52) Open redirect (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50345)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect victims to arbitrary URL.

The vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization of user-supplied data within the Request class. A remote attacker can create a link that leads to a trusted website, however, when clicked, redirects the victim to arbitrary domain.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to perform a phishing attack and steal potentially sensitive information.

53) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38540)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the bnxt_qplib_create_qp() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

54) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-46857)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the mlx5_eswitch_set_vepa() and mlx5_eswitch_get_vepa() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/legacy.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

55) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-46820)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the vcn_v5_0_0_hw_fini(), vcn_v5_0_0_set_powergating_state() and vcn_v5_0_0_process_interrupt() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

56) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45338)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in several Parse functions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

57) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41082)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the nvmf_reg_read32(), nvmf_reg_read64() and nvmf_reg_write32() functions in drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

58) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40918)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the PTR_PAGE_ALIGN_DOWN(), __flush_cache_page(), flush_icache_pages(), pte_needs_flush(), flush_dcache_folio(), purge_kernel_dcache_page_asm(), copy_user_highpage(), __flush_tlb_range(), flush_cache_range(), flush_anon_page() and invalidate_kernel_vmap_range() functions in arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

59) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38608)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the mlx5e_resume(), _mlx5e_suspend(), mlx5e_suspend(), _mlx5e_probe() and _mlx5e_remove() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

60) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37891)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to Prox-Authorization header is not stripped during cross-origin redirects when using urllib3's proxy support with ProxyManager. A remote attacker can gain obtain proxy credentials used by the library.

61) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36945)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to information disclosure within the smc_ib_find_route() function in net/smc/smc_ib.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.

62) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35939)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to information disclosure within the dma_direct_alloc(), __dma_direct_free_pages() and dma_direct_alloc_pages() functions in kernel/dma/direct.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.

63) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35839)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the nf_reject6_fill_skb_dst() and nf_send_reset6() functions in net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv6.c, within the nf_reject_fill_skb_dst() and nf_send_reset() functions in net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c, within the br_nf_pre_routing_finish_ipv6() function in net/bridge/br_netfilter_ipv6.c, within the br_nf_pre_routing_finish_bridge(), br_nf_ipv4_daddr_was_changed(), bridge_parent_rtable(), skb_dst_set_noref(), setup_pre_routing(), br_nf_forward_finish(), ip_sabotage_in() and br_nf_pre_routing_finish_bridge_slow() functions in net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

64) Incorrect calculation (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35826)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect calculation within the __bio_release_pages() function in block/bio.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

65) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30635)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when calling Decoder.Decode on a message which contains deeply nested structures. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7250974