Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Verify Identity Access Digital Credentials



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2025-48387
CVE-2025-5889
CWE-ID CWE-22
CWE-1333
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Verify Identity Access Digital Credentials
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU112157

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-48387

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Verify Identity Access Digital Credentials: 24.06 - 25.03

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7239470


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Inefficient regular expression complexity

EUVDB-ID: #VU112890

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.6 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5889

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Verify Identity Access Digital Credentials: 24.06 - 25.03

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7239470


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



###SIDEBAR###