SB2025071512 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Verify Identity Access Digital Credentials



SB2025071512 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Verify Identity Access Digital Credentials

Published: July 15, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025071512
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-48387)

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber


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

The vulnerability exists due to an issue where an extract can write outside the specified dir with a specific tarball. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.


2) Inefficient regular expression complexity (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5889)

CWE-ID: CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing untrusted input with a regular expressions. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.