CVE-2025-3218

MEDIUM

IBM i 7.2-7.6 - Improper Certificate Validation in Netserver

Title source: llm

Description

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is vulnerable to authentication and authorization attacks due to incorrect validation processing in IBM i Netserver. A malicious actor could use the weaknesses, in conjunction with brute force authentication attacks or to bypass authority restrictions, to access the server.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory patch

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7232750

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4

EPSS 0.0022

EPSS Percentile 11.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-295

Status published

Products (5)

ibm/i 7.2

ibm/i 7.3

ibm/i 7.4

ibm/i 7.5

ibm/i 7.6

Published May 07, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026