Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-27906

Info Disclosure in Ibm Content Navigator 3.0.11 … 3.2.0

Published
14 October 2025
Modified
21 October 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0029 21th percentile
Risk Priority 43 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-27906 is a medium-severity Exposure of Information Through Directory Listing (CWE-548) vulnerability in Ibm Content Navigator. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique File and Directory Discovery (T1083); ranked at the 21th 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 CM-6 (Configuration Settings) and CM-7 (Least Functionality) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM Content Navigator 3.0.11, 3.0.15, 3.1.0, and 3.2.0 could expose the directory listing of the application upon using an application URL. Application files and folders are visible in the browser to a user; however, the contents of the files cannot…

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be read obtained or modified.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1083 File and Directory Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2025-1138Same vendor: Ibm
CVE-2024-56464Same vendor: Ibm
CVE-2024-35113Same vendor: Ibm
CVE-2023-38265Same vendor: Ibm

Affected Assets

ibm
content navigator
3.0.11, 3.0.15, 3.1.0, 3.2.0

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Requires secure baseline settings that disable directory listing on servers and file shares.

Restricts unnecessary server features such as automatic directory indexing.

Enforces authorization decisions so that directory listings are never returned unless explicitly permitted.

Controls information flows so directory contents are not disclosed to unauthorized recipients.

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.PS-01 mostly match
prevents

Hardened baselines and config management directly disable directory listing by default.

ID.AM-08 partial match
prevents

Lifecycle management includes applying secure configurations that would prevent directory exposure.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning can discover exposed directories so they can be remediated.

PR.AA-05 partial match
prevents

Least-privilege access rules can restrict who sees directory contents but do not address the listing feature itself.

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.

prevents

Information access restriction directly prevents directory listings by enforcing need-to-know access controls on web resources.

finds

Security testing in development and acceptance can detect and require remediation of exposed directory listings.

degrades

Network security measures such as disabling directory indexing on web servers reduce exposure of directory contents.

prevents

Secure development life cycle includes configuration hardening that disables directory listing in production web servers.

prevents

Application security requirements can mandate disabling directory indexing and enforcing proper access controls on web directories.

prevents

Secure system architecture principles include configuring web servers to prevent automatic directory listings.

References