CVE-2025-36157
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management incorrect authorization
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM Jazz Foundation 7.0.2 to 7.0.2 iFix035, 7.0.3 to 7.0.3 iFix018, and 7.1.0 to 7.1.0 iFix004 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to update server property files that would allow them to perform unauthorized actions.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.64% · top 49% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
IBM · Engineering Lifecycle Management
- affected 7.0.2 – ≤ 7.0.2 iFix035
- affected 7.0.3 – ≤ 7.0.3 iFix018
- affected 7.1.0 – ≤ 7.1.0 iFix004
What to do
Solution: IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to iFixes detailed below: IBM recommends customers on ELM 7.0, 7.0.1 or any version below 7.0.2 to upgrade your products to Maintenance release 7.0.2. Optionally, upgrade to the latest 7.1.0 version and apply below fix. Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation/Fix/InstructionsIBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation7.0.2Download and install 7.0.2 iFix035-sec https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes or laterIBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation7.0.3Download and install 7.0.3 iFix018-sec https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes or laterIBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation7.1.0Download and install 7.1.0 iFix004-sec https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes or later Apart from installing these iFixes, kindly perform the following additional step as mentioned below: 1. Set the Advanced property named "setup.isRegistrationHandlerServiceOpen" to "False" under Jazz Team Server (JTS) > Server Administration > Advanced property page and save your changes.
References (1)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7242925 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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