CVE-2025-13915 (GCVE-0-2025-13915)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-26 13:16
Modified
2025-12-26 14:40
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-305 - Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
Summary
IBM API Connect 10.0.8.0 through 10.0.8.5, and 10.0.11.0 could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication mechanisms and gain unauthorized access to the application.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM API Connect Version: 10.0.8.0   ≤ 10.0.8.5
Version: 10.0.11.0
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:10.0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:10.0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:10.0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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