Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Sterling Control Center is affected by vulnerabilities in Spring boot and Spring Security (CVE-2025-22235, CVE-2025-22228 and CVE-2024-38821)
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-22235
DESCRIPTION: EndpointRequest.to() creates a matcher for null/** if the actuator endpoint, for which the EndpointRequest has been created, is disabled or not exposed.
Your application may be affected by this if all the following conditions are met:
* You use Spring Security
* EndpointRequest.to() has been used in a Spring Security chain configuration
* The endpoint which EndpointRequest references is disabled or not exposed via web
* Your application handles requests to /null and this path needs protection
You are not affected if any of the following is true:
* You don't use Spring Security
* You don't use EndpointRequest.to()
* The endpoint which EndpointRequest.to() refers to is enabled and is exposed
* Your application does not handle requests to /null or this path does not need protection
CWE: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CVSS Source: security@vmware.com
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2025-22228
DESCRIPTION: BCryptPasswordEncoder.matches(CharSequence,String) will incorrectly return true for passwords larger than 72 characters as long as the first 72 characters are the same.
CWE: CWE-287: Improper Authentication
CVSS Source: security@vmware.com
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2024-38821
DESCRIPTION: Spring WebFlux applications that have Spring Security authorization rules on static resources can be bypassed under certain circumstances.
For this to impact an application, all of the following must be true:
* It must be a WebFlux application
* It must be using Spring's static resources support
* It must have a non-permitAll authorization rule applied to the static resources support
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Control Center | 6.4.0.0 GA through iFix01 |
| IBM Control Center | 6.3.1.0 GA through iFix04 |
Remediation/Fixes
|
Product |
Version |
Remediation |
|
IBM Sterling Control Center |
6.4.0.0 GA through iFix01 |
6.4.0.0 iFix02 Fix Central - 6.4.0.0 |
|
IBM Sterling Control Center |
6.3.1.0 GA through iFix04 |
6.3.1.0 iFix05 Fix Central - 6.3.1.0 |
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
24 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:
24 October 2025
UID
ibm17249064