Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-36063

Ibm Sterling Connect\ express_adapter_for_sterling_b2b_integrator

Published
20 January 2026
Modified
05 February 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0014 4th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-36063 is a medium-severity Insufficient Session Expiration (CWE-613) vulnerability in Ibm Sterling Connect\. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 4th 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-12 (Session Termination) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM Sterling Connect:Express Adapter for Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2.0 5.2.0.00 through 5.2.0.12 does not invalidate session after a logout which could allow an authenticated user to impersonate another user on the system.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

ibm
sterling connect\
express_adapter_for_sterling_b2b_integrator

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-12 Session Termination
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires the system to terminate user sessions upon logout, eliminating the exact flaw where sessions remain valid after logout.

prevent

Enforces access decisions based on authenticated identity, so a properly invalidated session token would be rejected on subsequent requests.

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-01 mostly match
prevents

Credential lifecycle management directly includes enforcing session expiration to prevent reuse.

PR.AA-05 mostly match
prevents

Authorization policy enforcement and review covers terminating stale sessions to limit access scope.

PR.AA-03 partial match
prevents

Authentication mechanisms can incorporate session timeout checks but do not inherently address expiration policy.

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.

none

Automatic termination of inactive sessions and limits on connection duration shrink the window during which a hijacked or unattended authenticated session can be exploited.

References