Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-1993

Ibm App Connect Enterprise Certified Containers Operands 12.0.11.1 … 13.0.2.2

Published
09 May 2025
Modified
17 June 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0011 2th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-1993 is a medium-severity Weak Password Requirements (CWE-521) vulnerability in Ibm App Connect Enterprise Certified Containers Operands. Its CVSS base score is 5.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-13 (Cryptographic Protection) and SC-28 (Protection of Information at Rest) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A07:2025 Authentication Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, 12.9, and 12.10 DesignerAuthoring instances store their flows in a database…

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that is protected by weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could be decrypted by a local user.

CWE(s)
CWE-521

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

ibm
app connect enterprise certified containers operands
12.0.11.1, 12.0.11.2, 12.0.11.3, 12.0.12, 12.0.12.0
ibm
app connect operator
8.1.0 — 11.6.0 · 12.0.0 — 12.10.0 · 12.1.0 — 12.10.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest
  • SC-13 Cryptographic Protection
  • CM-6 Configuration Settings
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 2 hardening rules · 1 OS baseline
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V6.2.4
  • V6.2.9
  • V6.2.12
  • V6.4.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest good match
prevent

Directly requires cryptographic protection of information at rest, which would prevent the weak-algorithm exposure of flow data in the DesignerAuthoring database.

SC-13 Cryptographic Protection good match
prevent

Mandates the use of approved/validated cryptographic algorithms, directly blocking the weaker-than-expected algorithms cited in the CVE.

CM-6 Configuration Settings partial match
prevent

Enforces configuration settings that include approved cryptographic parameters, ensuring the database does not default to weak algorithms.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-03 full match
prevents

Explicitly requires enforcing minimum password strength as part of authentication.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.17 Authentication information mostly match
prevents

Enforcing minimum length, complexity, non-dictionary, and non-reuse rules directly counters weak password policies that allow attackers to guess or brute-force credentials.

References