CVE-2025-25029 IBM Security Guardium information disclosure

Medium 4.9 Published Updated

A privileged user can download arbitrary files from the system due to improper input escaping in IBM Security Guardium.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-25029?

CVE-2025-25029 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 28 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Guardium 12.0 could allow a privileged user to download any file on the system due to improper escaping of input.

Weakness: CWE-116

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-25029?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Security Guardium.

How do I fix CVE-2025-25029?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-25029 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2025-25029 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-25029 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Security Guardium vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q935-66v8-qqrq.

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