CVE-2025-36258 (GCVE-0-2025-36258)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-25 20:25 – Updated: 2026-03-26 17:51
VLAI?
Title
IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable due to plaintext storage of a password
Summary
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.0.0 through 11.7.1.6 product stores user credentials and other sensitive information in plain text which can be read by a local user.
Severity ?
7.1 (High)
CWE
- CWE-256 - Plaintext Storage of a Password
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| IBM | InfoSphere Information Server |
Affected:
11.7.0.0 , ≤ 11.7.1.6
(semver)
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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