# CVE-2025-2898: IBM Maximo Application Suite privilege escalation

> An attacker with limited access can elevate privileges due to insecure RBAC configurations in IBM Maximo Application Suite.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 6 May 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5wcf-r54j-7xp9

## What is CVE-2025-2898?

CVE-2025-2898 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Maximo Application Suite, published on 6 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Maximo Application Suite 9.0 could allow an attacker with some level of access to elevate their privileges due to a security configuration vulnerability in Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configurations.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2898?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Maximo Application Suite.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-2898?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2898 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-2898 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Maximo Application Suite

- [CVE-2025-36386](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36386/): There is a vulnerability in the IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite for Cognos Analytics (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-27266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27266/): IBM Maximo Application Suite XML external entity injection (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-22328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22328/): IBM Maximo Application Suite information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-43037](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43037/): IBM Maximo Application Suite improper access control (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-38723](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38723/): Maximo Asset Management cross-site scripting (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-2898 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-2898 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Maximo Application Suite, published on 6 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-2025-2898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Maximo Application Suite. 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-2025-2898/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2898/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2898
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2898
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2898

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2898/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.