SB2026020644 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection Component



SB2026020644 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection Component

Published: February 6, 2026 Updated: April 1, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026020644
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 5 vulnerabilities.


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

CWE-ID: CWE-440 - Expected Behavior Violation

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


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. 


2) Improper authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23419)

CWE-ID: CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to an TLS session resumption when handling client certificate authentication. A remote attacker can bypass authentication process and gain unauthorized access to the application.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that name-based virtual hosts are configured to share the same IP address and port combination and have TLS 1.3 and OpenSSL. This vulnerability arises when TLS session tickets are used and/or the SSL session cache is used in the default virtual server and the default virtual server is performing client certificate authentication.


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

CWE-ID: CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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 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.


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

CWE-ID: CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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


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"..


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

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:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber


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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.