# CVE-2025-36093: security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Business Automation Insights iFixes for October 2025.

> Attackers can access unauthorized content or perform actions via man-in-the-middle techniques due to improper access controls in IBM Business Automation Insights.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jww4-hp22-h876

## What is CVE-2025-36093?

CVE-2025-36093 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak For Business Automation, published on 3 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Cloud Pak For Business Automation 25.0.0, 24.0.1, and 24.0.0 could allow an attacker to access unauthorized content or perform unauthorized actions using man in the middle techniques due to improper access controls.

Weakness: CWE-602 (Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36093?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cloud Pak for Business Automation.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-36093?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36093 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-36093 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36093 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak For Business Automation

- [CVE-2023-35899](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35899/): IBM Cloud Pak for Automation CSV injection (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2025-36092](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36092/): IBM Business Automation Insights improper input validation (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-36023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36023/): IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation security bypass (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-1838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1838/): IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation denial of service (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-38367](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38367/): IBM Cloud Pak for Automation authentication bypass (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-36093 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-36093 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak For Business Automation, published on 3 Nov 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-2025-36093 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Cloud Pak For Business Automation. 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-2025-36093/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36093/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-36093
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-36093
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-36093

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36093/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.