Security Bulletin
Summary
The following vulnerabilities, which may affect IBM Storage Scale when the HDFS layer is enabled and could lead to weaker-than-expected security, have been addressed in Storage Scale version 5.2.3.4 or later: CVE-2025-55163, CVE-2021-4264, CVE-2025-53864, CVE-2025-48924, CVE-2024-6484, and CVE-2024-13009.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-55163
DESCRIPTION: Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to versions 4.1.124.Final and 4.2.4.Final, Netty is vulnerable to MadeYouReset DDoS. This is a logical vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol, that uses malformed HTTP/2 control frames in order to break the max concurrent streams limit - which results in resource exhaustion and distributed denial of service. This issue has been patched in versions 4.1.124.Final and 4.2.4.Final.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-4264
DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability was found in LinkedIn dustjs up to 2.x and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes ('prototype pollution'). The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is ddb6523832465d38c9d80189e9de60519ac307c3. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216464.
CWE: CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2025-53864
DESCRIPTION: Connect2id Nimbus JOSE + JWT 10.0.x before 10.0.2 and 9.37.x before 9.37.4 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested JSON object supplied in a JWT claim set, because of uncontrolled recursion. NOTE: this is independent of the Gson 2.11.0 issue because the Connect2id product could have checked the JSON object nesting depth, regardless of what limits (if any) were imposed by Gson.
CWE: CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion
CVSS Source: cve@mitre.org
CVSS Base score: 5.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2025-48924
DESCRIPTION: Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Commons Lang.
This issue affects Apache Commons Lang: Starting with commons-lang:commons-lang 2.0 to 2.6, and, from org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 3.0 before 3.18.0.
The methods ClassUtils.getClass(...) can throw StackOverflowError on very long inputs. Because an Error is usually not handled by applications and libraries, a
StackOverflowError could cause an application to stop.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.18.0, which fixes the issue.
CWE: CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2024-6484
DESCRIPTION: Rejected reason: This was not a security issue in Bootstrap. Bootstrap’s JavaScript is not intended to sanitize unsafe or intentionally dangerous HTML. As such, the reported behavior fell outside the scope of Bootstrap’s security model, and the associated CVE has been rescinded.
CWE: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2024-13009
DESCRIPTION: In Eclipse Jetty versions 9.4.0 to 9.4.56 a buffer can be incorrectly released when confronted with a gzip error when inflating a request
body. This can result in corrupted and/or inadvertent sharing of data between requests.
CWE: CWE-404: Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
CVSS Source: emo@eclipse.org
CVSS Base score: 7.2
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Storage Scale | IBM Storage Scale 5.2.2.2 - 5.2.3.3 |
Remediation/Fixes
For IBM Storage Scale 5.2.0.x, IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability by upgrading to 5.2.3.4 or later:
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
23 Oct 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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Modified date:
20 November 2025
UID
ibm17248973