Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability in Spring that is used by IBM InfoSphere Information Server was addressed.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-41249
DESCRIPTION: The Spring Framework annotation detection mechanism may not correctly resolve annotations on methods within type hierarchies with a parameterized super type with unbounded generics. This can be an issue if such annotations are used for authorization decisions.
Your application may be affected by this if you are using Spring Security's @EnableMethodSecurity feature.
You are not affected by this if you are not using @EnableMethodSecurity or if you do not use security annotations on methods in generic superclasses or generic interfaces.
This CVE is published in conjunction with CVE-2025-41248 https://spring.io/security/cve-2025-41248 .
CWE: CWE-285: Improper Authorization
CVSS Source: security@vmware.com
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| InfoSphere Information Server | 11.7.0.0 to 11.7.1.6 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | Version(s) | APAR | Remediation |
| IBM InfoSphere Information Server | 11.7.0.0 to 11.7.1.6 | DT449313 | --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.0 --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.6 --Apply IBM Information Server 11.7.1.6 Service pack 1 --Apply IBM Information Server Microservices tier rollup patch 1 for 11.7.1.6 Service pack 1 installations |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
31 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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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
31 October 2025
UID
ibm17249492