# CVE-2025-2139: IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next security bypass

> Authenticated users can delete other users' reviews due to client-side security enforcement, requiring a patch for IBM Doors Next.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7hjr-33rg-rx3j

## What is CVE-2025-2139?

CVE-2025-2139 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next, published on 12 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next 7.0.2, 7.0.3, and 7.1 could allow an authenticated user on the network to delete reviews from other users due to client-side enforcement of server-side security.

Weakness: CWE-602 (Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2139?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-2139?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2139 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-2139 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2139 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next

- [CVE-2024-43169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43169/): IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next file download (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-41770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41770/): IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-41771](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41771/): IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-33096](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33096/): IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next denial of service (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-2140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2140/): IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next spoofing (medium 5.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-2139 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-2139 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next, published on 12 Oct 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-2025-2139 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next. 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-2025-2139/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2139/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2139
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2139
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2139

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