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CVE-2025-0159: IBM FlashSystem authentication bypass

9.1 CVSS

Description

IBM FlashSystem (IBM Storage Virtualize (8.5.0.0 through 8.5.0.13, 8.5.1.0, 8.5.2.0 through 8.5.2.3, 8.5.3.0 through 8.5.3.1, 8.5.4.0, 8.6.0.0 through 8.6.0.5, 8.6.1.0, 8.6.2.0 through 8.6.2.1, 8.6.3.0, 8.7.0.0 through 8.7.0.2, 8.7.1.0, 8.7.2.0 through 8.7.2.1) could allow a remote attacker to bypass RPCAdapter endpoint authentication by sending a specifically crafted HTTP request.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-0159

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Affected Products

Vendor: IBM

Product: Storage Virtualize

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.11% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 18.35% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-29 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: total

SSVC Automatable: true

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0159
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7184182

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