Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-2988

Ibm Sterling B2B Integrator 6.0.0.0 – 6.1.2.7_1

Published
19 August 2025
Modified
17 June 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 2.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0025 16th percentile
Risk Priority 25 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2025-2988 is a low-severity Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere (CWE-497) vulnerability in Ibm Sterling B2B Integrator. Its CVSS base score is 2.7 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique System Information Discovery (T1082); ranked at the 16th 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 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling File Gateway 6.0.0.0 through 6.1.2.7, 6.2.0.0 through 6.2.0.4, and 6.2.1.0 could disclose sensitive server information to an unauthorized user that could aid in further attacks against the system.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1082 System Information Discovery Discovery
An adversary may attempt to get detailed information about the operating system and hardware, including version, patches, hotfixes, service packs, and architecture.
T1614 System Location Discovery Discovery
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2025-36135Same product: Ibm Sterling B2B Integrator
CVE-2025-36134Same product: Ibm Sterling B2B Integrator
CVE-2023-40693Same product: Ibm Sterling B2B Integrator
CVE-2026-1264Same product: Ibm Sterling B2B Integrator
CVE-2025-14504Same product: Ibm Sterling B2B Integrator

Affected Assets

ibm
sterling b2b integrator
6.2.1.0 · 6.0.0.0 — 6.1.2.7_1 · 6.2.0.0 — 6.2.0.5
ibm
sterling file gateway
6.2.1.0 · 6.0.0.0 — 6.1.2.7_1 · 6.2.0.0 — 6.2.0.5

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 5 hardening rules · 4 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V14.1.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Enforces approved authorizations for logical access, directly stopping unauthorized actors from reaching sensitive system information.

Enforces information flow policies that block sensitive system data from crossing into unauthorized control spheres.

Limits privileges so that only the minimum necessary access is granted, reducing the chance of exposing system-level details.

Controls communications at external and key internal boundaries to keep sensitive system information inside authorized spheres.

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-05 mostly match
prevents

Enforcing least-privilege access permissions directly prevents unauthorized actors from reaching sensitive system information.

PR.IR-01 mostly match
prevents

Protecting environments from unauthorized logical access stops exposure of internal system details to outsiders.

PR.PS-06 partial match
prevents

Secure-development practices reduce the chance of code paths that leak sensitive system information.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (2 rules)
  • V-248551 A sticky bit must be set on all OL 8 public directories to prevent unauthorized and unintended information transferred via shared system resources. prevents CWE-497
  • V-248580 OL 8 must prevent kernel profiling by unprivileged users. prevents CWE-497
RHEL 8 (1 rule)
  • V-230270 RHEL 8 must prevent kernel profiling by unprivileged users. prevents CWE-497
Ubuntu 22.04 (1 rule)
  • V-260470 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, when booted, must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes. prevents CWE-497
Ubuntu 24.04 (1 rule)
  • V-270675 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS when booted must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes. prevents CWE-497

References