# CVE-2025-25026: IBM Security Guardium information disclosure

> An authenticated user can obtain sensitive information due to an incorrect authentication check in IBM Security Guardium.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 May 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q22r-fww9-4hjr

## What is CVE-2025-25026?

CVE-2025-25026 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 28 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Security Guardium 12.0 could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information due to an incorrect authentication check.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-25026?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Security Guardium.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-25026?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-25026 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-25026 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-25026 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Security Guardium

- [CVE-2023-35893](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35893/): IBM Security Guardium command execution (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2017-1253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1253/): Command injection in Security Guardium (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2017-1269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1269/): SQL injection in Security Guardium (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-47709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47709/): IBM Security Guardium command injection (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-30435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30435/): IBM Security Guardium cross-site scripting (high 8.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-25026 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-25026 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 28 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-25026 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Security Guardium. 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-2025-25026/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25026/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-25026
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25026
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-25026

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25026/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.