Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection component uses logback-core which is vulnerable to CVE-2025-11226. This bulletin contains information regarding the vulnerability and its remediation.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-11226
DESCRIPTION: ACE vulnerability in conditional configuration file processing by QOS.CH logback-core up to and including version 1.5.18 in Java applications, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by compromising an existing logback configuration file or by injecting an environment variable before program execution.
A successful attack requires the presence of Janino library and Spring Framework to be present on the user's class path. In addition, the attacker must have write access to a
configuration file. Alternatively, the attacker could inject a malicious
environment variable pointing to a malicious configuration file. In both
cases, the attack requires existing privilege.
CWE: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CVSS Source: vulnerability@ncsc.ch
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:X/V:X/RE:M/U:Green)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection Component | 9.1.0 |
| IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection Component | 9.0.0 |
| IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection Component | 8.9.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Remediated Product(s) | Fix Version(s) |
| IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection Component | 9.1.6 |
| IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection Component | 9.0.16 |
| IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection Component | 8.9.19 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
10 Feb 2026: 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:
10 February 2026
Initial Publish date:
10 February 2026
UID
ibm17260184