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Security Bulletin: Denial of Service vulnerability affect IBM Business Automation Workflow - CVE-2025-1838

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Business Automation Workflow Center is vulnerable to a denial of service attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2025-1838
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Business Automation Workflow Authoring allows an authenticated user to bypass client-side data validation in an authoring user interface which could cause a denial of service.
CWE:   CWE-602: Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security
CVSS Source:   IBM
CVSS Base score:   6.5
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Status
IBM Business Automation Workflow containers

V24.0.1 - V24.0.1-IF001
V24.0.0 - V24.0.0-I004
earlier unsupported versions

affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV24.0.1
V24.0.0
earlier unsupported versions
affected

For earlier and unsupported versions of the products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR DT426591 as soon as practical.

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation / Fix
IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV24.0.1 - V24.0.1-IF001Apply 24.0.1-IF002
IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV24.0.0 - V24.0.0-IF004Apply 24.0.0-IF005
or upgrade to 24.0.1-IF001 or later
IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV23.0.1
V22.0.1 - V22.0.2
V21.0.1 - V21.0.2
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2
Upgrade to 24.0.0-IF005
or upgrade to 24.0.1-IF001 or later
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional and IBM Business Automation Workflow Enterprise Service BusV24.0.1
V24.0.0
Apply DT426591
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional

earlier unsupported versions

Upgrade to a long term support release or the latest SSCD version. See IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Integration Designer Software Support Lifecycle Addendum

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

03 May 2025: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
03 May 2025

UID

ibm17232433