Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with Asset and Service Management (CVE-2025-25193)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server is shipped as a component of Maximo Asset Management, Maximo Industry Solutions (including Maximo for Nuclear Power, Maximo for Transportation, Maximo for Life Sciences, Maximo for Oil and Gas, and Maximo for Utilities), Maximo Adapter for Primavera, and SmartCloud Control Desk. Information about a security vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere Application Server has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2025-25193
DESCRIPTION: Netty, an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework, has a vulnerability in versions up to and including 4.1.118.Final. An unsafe reading of environment file could potentially cause a denial of service in Netty. When loaded on an Windows application, Netty attempts to load a file that does not exist. If an attacker creates such a large file, the Netty application crash. A similar issue was previously reported as CVE-2024-47535. This issue was fixed, but the fix was incomplete in that null-bytes were not counted against the input limit. Commit d1fbda62d3a47835d3fb35db8bd42ecc205a5386 contains an updated fix.
CWE: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component	8.6
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component	8.7
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component	9.0
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component	9.1

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite:

MAS	Manage Patch Fix or Release
Upgrade to MAS 8.10.27	Upgrade to Manage 8.6.28 or latest (available from the Catalog under Update Available)
Upgrade to MAS 8.11.24	Upgrade to Manage 8.7.22 or latest (available from the Catalog under Update Available)
Upgrade to MAS 9.0.13	Upgrade to Manage 9.0.15 or latest (available from the Catalog under Update Available)
Upgrade to MAS 9.1.1	Upgrade to Manage 9.1.1 or latest (available from the Catalog under Update Available)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

04 Aug 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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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with Asset and Service Management (CVE-2025-25193)