{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12985 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-12985 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Licensing Operator, published on 20 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12985 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-12985 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Licensing Operator, published on 20 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12985 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: IBM Licensing Operator. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12985/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-12985","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12985/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-12985","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9c9w-6vq7-46v6"],"analysis":{"component_type":"container_or_infrastructure","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IBM Licensing Operator","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges to root inside containers running the IBM Licensing Operator image due to incorrect file permissions.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.4,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-732","name":"Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource"}],"description":"IBM Licensing Operator incorrectly assigns privileges to security critical files which could allow a local root escalation inside a container running the IBM Licensing Operator image.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"License Service: Privilege escalation vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-12985","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Denial of Service Vulnerability in Silicon Labs WF200 and WGM160P Devices","id":"CVE-2025-12986"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Advanced Ads – Ad Manager \u0026 AdSense \u003c= 2.0.15 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2025-12984"},"products":["IBM Licensing Operator"],"published":"2026-01-20","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-01-20","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges to root inside containers running the IBM Licensing Operator image due to incorrect file permissions.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12985/"}