CVE-2025-36064 IBM Sterling Connect:Express for Microsoft Windows information disclosure
Remote attackers can brute force credentials due to inadequate account lockout settings, potentially leading to account takeover.
- 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-2025-36064?
CVE-2025-36064 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM Sterling Connect:Express for Microsoft Windows, published on 22 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Sterling Connect:Express for Microsoft Windows 3.1.0.0 through 3.1.0.22 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials.
Weakness: CWE-307
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36064?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Sterling Connect\.
How do I fix CVE-2025-36064?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36064 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-36064 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36064 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling Connect:Express for Microsoft Windows
- CVE-2023-32331 IBM Connect:Express for UNIX denial of service
- CVE-2020-4767 Memory corruption in Sterling Connect Direct for Microsoft Windows
- CVE-2025-36137 IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX command execution
- CVE-2018-1903 Privilege escalation in Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX
- CVE-2023-29260 IBM Sterling Connect:Express for UNIX server-side request forgery
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gg5h-3cq7-j6hc.