IBM i 7.3/7.4/7.5/7.6 Digital Certificate Manager for i authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IBM i 7.3/7.4/7.5/7.6. This impacts an unknown function of the component Digital Certificate Manager for i. Performing a manipulation results in authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-36119. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM i 7.3/7.4/7.5/7.6. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Digital Certificate Manager for i. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM i 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is affected by an authenticated user obtaining elevated privileges with IBM Digital Certificate Manager for i (DCM) due to a web session hijacking vulnerability. An authenticated user without administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability to perform actions in DCM as an administrator.

It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-36119 since 04/15/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/15/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-23989). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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CNA Base Score: 7.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
08/08/2025 +115 days Advisory disclosed
08/08/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/15/2025 +7 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-36119 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-36119
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-319251
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2025 17:20
Updated: 08/15/2025 20:32
Changes: 08/08/2025 17:20 (64), 08/08/2025 18:26 (1), 08/15/2025 20:32 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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