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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in libxml2 affects IBM Cloud Pak System[CVE-2025-6021]

Security Bulletin


Summary

A flaw was found in libxml2's xmlBuildQName function, where integer overflows in buffer size calculations can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. Vulnerability was addressed in IBM Cloud Pak System version 2.3.6.1.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2025-6021
DESCRIPTION:   A flaw was found in libxml2's xmlBuildQName function, where integer overflows in buffer size calculations can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. This issue can result in memory corruption or a denial of service when processing crafted input.
CWE:   CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CVSS Source:   secalert@redhat.com
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)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Cloud Pak System2.3.4.0
IBM Cloud Pak System

2.3.4.1

2.3.4.1 IFix1

IBM Cloud Pak System2.3.5.0
IBM Cloud Pak System2.3.6.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now by upgrading to version 2.3.6.1

IBM Cloud Pak System provides OS image for Red Hat Enterprise Linux System 4.0.8.0 based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 and OS image for Red Hat Enterprise Linux System 5.0.3 based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6. IBM Cloud Pak System provides IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty V25.0.0.9; IBM Storage Scale is also upgraded to IBM Storage Scale V5.2.3.3.

For Power, contact IBM Support.

This Security bulletin applies to IBM Cloud Pak System, IBM Cloud Pak System Software, and IBM Cloud Pak System Software Suite.

Information on upgrading here http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959

For unsupported versions the recommendation is to upgrade to a supported version of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

25 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

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
25 February 2026

Initial Publish date:
25 February 2026

UID

ibm17261732