Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Optim versions 1.0.0, 1.1.0, and 1.2.0 include open-source packages plexus-utils, OpenSSL, jose4j, Go net/url, and Apache Hadoop that are affected by five vulnerabilities ranging from high to medium-high severity, including path traversal, stack buffer overflow, denial-of-service via decompression bomb, and out-of-bounds write. IBM Optim 2.0.0 resolves all of these vulnerabilities by upgrading the affected open-source dependencies to fixed versions.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-67030
DESCRIPTION: Directory Traversal vulnerability in the extractFile method of org.codehaus.plexus.util.Expand in plexus-utils before 6d780b3378829318ba5c2d29547e0012d5b29642. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code
CWE: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2025-15467
DESCRIPTION: Issue summary: Parsing CMS AuthEnvelopedData or EnvelopedData message with
maliciously crafted AEAD parameters can trigger a stack buffer overflow.
Impact summary: A stack buffer overflow may lead to a crash, causing Denial
of Service, or potentially remote code execution.
When parsing CMS (Auth)EnvelopedData structures that use AEAD ciphers such as
AES-GCM, the IV (Initialization Vector) encoded in the ASN.1 parameters is
copied into a fixed-size stack buffer without verifying that its length fits
the destination. An attacker can supply a crafted CMS message with an
oversized IV, causing a stack-based out-of-bounds write before any
authentication or tag verification occurs.
Applications and services that parse untrusted CMS or PKCS#7 content using
AEAD ciphers (e.g., S/MIME (Auth)EnvelopedData with AES-GCM) are vulnerable.
Because the overflow occurs prior to authentication, no valid key material
is required to trigger it. While exploitability to remote code execution
depends on platform and toolchain mitigations, the stack-based write
primitive represents a severe risk.
The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected by this
issue, as the CMS implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module
boundary.
OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are vulnerable to this issue.
OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 are not affected by this issue.
CWE: CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-29371
DESCRIPTION: In jose4j before 0.9.6, an attacker can cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an exceptionally high compression ratio. When this token is processed by the server, it results in significant memory allocation and processing time during decompression.
CWE: CWE-1259: Improper Restriction of Security Token Assignment
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
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-2025-61726
DESCRIPTION: The net/url package does not set a limit on the number of query parameters in a query. While the maximum size of query parameters in URLs is generally limited by the maximum request header size, the net/http.Request.ParseForm method can parse large URL-encoded forms. Parsing a large form containing many unique query parameters can cause excessive memory consumption.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
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-2025-27821
DESCRIPTION: Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Apache Hadoop HDFS native client.
This issue affects Apache Hadoop: from 3.2.0 before 3.4.2.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.4.2, which fixes the issue.
CWE: CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
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)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Optim | 1.0.0 |
| IBM Optim | 1.1.0 |
| IBM Optim | 1.2.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Move to IBM Optim 2.0.0 IBM
Optim 2.0.0 resolves all five vulnerabilities by upgrading the affected open-source dependencies.
plexus-utils has been upgraded to version 4.0.3 or later. This version corrects the directory traversal flaw in the extractFile method of org.codehaus.plexus.util.Expand, preventing path escape during archive extraction (CVE-2025-67030).
OpenSSL package has been upgraded to a fixed version.
jose4j has been upgraded to version 0.9.6 or later. This version enforces limits on decompression output during JWE token processing, preventing the denial-of-service condition caused by high-ratio compressed payloads (CVE-2024-29371).
Go has been upgraded to version 1.25.6 or later (or 1.24.12 or later on the 1.24 release line). The updated net/url package enforces a limit on the number of query parameters parsed by net/http.Request.ParseForm, preventing excessive memory consumption (CVE-2025-61726).
Apache Hadoop has been upgraded to version 3.4.2 or later. This version resolves the out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the HDFS native client (CVE-2025-27821).
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Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
21 Sep 2026: Initial Publication
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Document Information
Modified date:
21 September 2026
Initial Publish date:
21 September 2026
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ibm17288673