# CVE-2025-33020: IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody information disclosure

> An attacker can obtain highly sensitive information because IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody transmits data without encryption.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c53g-5r6w-mwwf

## What is CVE-2025-33020?

CVE-2025-33020 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody, published on 23 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody 9.0.2, 10.0, and 10.0.1 transmits sensitive information without encryption that could allow an attacker to obtain highly sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-311 (Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-33020?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-33020?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-33020 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-33020 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-33020 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody

- [CVE-2024-41779](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41779/): IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody - Model Manager (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-33076](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33076/): IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody code execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-33077](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33077/): IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody code execution (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-33020 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-33020 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody, published on 23 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-33020 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody. 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-2025-33020/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33020/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33020
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33020
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-33020

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33020/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.