SB2026042313 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Netezza Appliance
Published: April 23, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Insufficient Granularity of Access Control (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-7493)
CWE-ID: CWE-1220 - Insufficient Granularity of Access Control
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges from host to domain administrator.
The vulnerability exists due the application does not validate the root@REALM canonical name, which can also be used as the realm administrator's name. A remote user can perform administrative tasks over the REALM, leading to access to sensitive data and sensitive data exfiltration.
2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4404)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to application fails to validate the uniqueness of the "krbCanonicalName" for the admin account by default. A remote user can create services with the same canonical name as the REALM admin and retrieve a Kerberos ticket in the name of this service, containing the admin@REALM credential.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.