# CVE-2025-1993: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container information disclosure

> A local user can decrypt stored flows in IBM App Connect Enterprise DesignerAuthoring instances due to weak cryptographic algorithms.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 May 2025
- **Updated:** 31 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g475-6rmv-x646

## What is CVE-2025-1993?

CVE-2025-1993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container, published on 9 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, 12.9, and 12.10 DesignerAuthoring instances store their flows in a database that is protected by weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could be decrypted by a local user.

Weakness: CWE-521 (Weak Password Requirements)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1993?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm App Connect Enterprise Certified Containers Operands, Ibm App Connect Operator.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-1993?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1993 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-1993 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1993 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container

- [CVE-2025-13490](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13490/): Information disclosure in App Connect EnterpriseCertified Containers Operands (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2025-36133](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36133/): IBM App Connect Enterprise information disclosure (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2024-52362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52362/): IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container denial of service (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1993 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-1993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container, published on 9 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1993 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1993/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1993/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1993
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1993
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1993

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1993/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.