CVE-2025-3355 IBM Tivoli Monitoring is vulnerable to unauthenticated file read and write operations
Remote attackers can traverse directories to read and write arbitrary files on IBM Tivoli Monitoring servers without authentication.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-3355?
CVE-2025-3355 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Monitoring, published on 30 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.7 through 6.3.0.7 Service Pack 21 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3355?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Tivoli Monitoring.
How do I fix CVE-2025-3355?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3355 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-2025-3355 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3355 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Monitoring
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vvmv-j82j-96cm.