CVE-2025-36258 PUBLISHED

IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable due to plaintext storage of a password

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 15.04.2025 Published: 25.03.2026 Updated: 25.03.2026

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.0.0 through 11.7.1.6 product stores user credentials and other sensitive information in plain text which can be read by a local user.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Changed
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	IBM
Product	InfoSphere Information Server
Versions	affected from 11.7.0.0 to 11.7.1.6 (incl.)

Workarounds

Workarounds and Mitigations On the Microservices tier, change the file permissions: - cd </INSTALL_PATH/ugdockerfiles> - chmod 0600 uginfo.rsp - chmod 0600 inventory.yaml

Solutions

ProductVersion(s)APARRemediationIBM InfoSphere Information Server11.7.0.0 to 11.7.1.6 DT461542 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/defect/aCIgJ0000009sNl/dt461542 --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.0 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/878310 --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.6 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182872

--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.1.6 Service pack 2 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7260779

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7266489

Problem Types

CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password CWE