CVE-2025-0159 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting various IBM FlashSystem and Storage Virtualize products across multiple versions. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to bypass RPCAdapter endpoint authentication. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a high risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve high confidentiality and integrity impacts without user interaction. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness. Organizations using affected IBM FlashSystem and Storage Virtualize products should prioritize patching to mitigate this significant security risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.5, < 8.5.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_virtualize:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.5.2.0, <= 8.5.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_virtualize:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.6.0.0, < 8.6.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_virtualize:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.7.0.0, < 8.7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_virtualize:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_virtualize:8.5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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