IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next 7.0.2/7.0.3/7.1 File Upload recursion
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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next 7.0.2/7.0.3/7.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the component File Upload. The manipulation results in recursion. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-33096. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next 7.0.2/7.0.3/7.1. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next 7.0.2, 7.0.3, and 7.1 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service by uploading specially crafted files using uncontrolled recursion.
The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-33096 since 04/15/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 270690 (IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next Multiple Vulnerabilities (7247716)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (270690) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-33895). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.
Product
Vendor
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3
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VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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Exploiting
Class: RecursionCWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 270690
Nessus Name: IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next Multiple Vulnerabilities (7247716)
Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/15/2025 CVE reserved10/13/2025 Advisory disclosed
10/13/2025 VulDB entry created
10/18/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-33096 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-33096
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-328092
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Entry
Created: 10/13/2025 07:42Updated: 10/18/2025 09:09
Changes: 10/13/2025 07:42 (63), 10/13/2025 08:02 (1), 10/18/2025 09:09 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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