CVE-2025-3218Improper Certificate Validation in IBM I

Severity
5.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 72.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 7

Description

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to authentication and authorization attacks due to incorrect validation processing in IBM i Netserver. A malicious actor could use the weaknesses, in conjunction with brute force authentication attacks or to bypass authority restrictions, to access the server.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.5

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5ibm/i5 versions+4
NVDibm/i5 versions+4

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-853f-c79c-j2h2: IBM i 72025-05-07
CVEList
IBM i improper certificate validation2025-05-07
CVE-2025-3218 — Improper Certificate Validation in IBM | cvebase