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Security Bulletin: IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation is impacted by a remote attack to the root directory which results in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to update server configuration files which would allow them to perform unauthorized actions, subsequently leading to a Denial of Service condition. The associated CVE is addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2025-36157
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to update server property files that would allow them to perform unauthorized actions.
CWE:   CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization
CVSS Source:   IBM
CVSS Base score:   9.8
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation

IBM Engineering Test Management

IBM Engineering Workflow Management

IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Engineering Insights

IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody - Model Manager

IBM Jazz Reporting Service

Global Configuration Management

7.0.2 to 7.0.2 iFix035

7.0.3 to 7.0.3 iFix018

7.1.0 to 7.1.0 iFix004

 

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to iFixes detailed below:

IBM recommends customers on ELM 7.0, 7.0.1 or any version below 7.0.2 to upgrade your products to Maintenance release 7.0.2. Optionally, upgrade to the latest 7.1.0 version and apply below fix. 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation/Fix/Instructions
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation7.0.2Download and install 7.0.2 iFix035-sec or later
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation7.0.3Download and install 7.0.3 iFix018-sec or later
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation7.1.0Download and install 7.1.0 iFix004-sec or later
 
 
In addition to installing any of these iFixes, kindly perform the following additional step as mentioned below:
Choose one of the following:

From the UI:
  1. Go to the Advanced Properties section of the admin page for an application,
  2. Find the property "RegistrationHandlerService is open"
  3. Set it to False
  4. Save your changes

As a Manual Update:

  1. Edit the "teamserver.properties" file
  2. Locate the property "com.ibm.team.repository.setup.setup.isRegistrationHandlerServiceOpen"
  3. Set it to False
The above changes are applicable to all applications.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

26 Aug 2025: Updated product name.
22 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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Document Information

Modified date:
05 September 2025

UID

ibm17242925

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