CVE-2025-36124
Ibm Websphere Application Server 17.0.0.3 – 25.0.0.9
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-36124 is a medium-severity Privilege Chaining (CWE-268) vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Access Token Manipulation (T1134); ranked at the 33th 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-5 (Separation of Duties) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-24464
Vulnerability Data
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 25.0.0.8 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions caused by a failure to honor JMS messaging configuration
- CWE(s)
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 6 hardening rules · 6 OS baselines
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Access enforcement can apply rules that block unsafe privilege combinations at runtime.
Separation of duties directly blocks assignment of privilege combinations that enable unsafe actions.
Least privilege reduces the set of privileges available for dangerous chaining.
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.
Least-privilege policy definition and enforcement directly limits unsafe privilege combinations while the control also addresses broader policy lifecycle activities.
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.
Segregation of duties reduces the chance that two distinct privileges can be combined to perform unsafe actions.
Restricting privileged access rights directly mitigates the risk of privilege chaining.
Access control policies can limit the combination of privileges that enable unsafe actions.
Managing access rights helps prevent the accumulation or chaining of privileges that lead to unsafe actions.
Controlling privileged utility programs reduces opportunities for chaining privileges to perform unsafe actions.
Information access restriction limits the ability to combine privileges for unsafe actions.
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).
Ubuntu 22.04 (1 rule)
- V-260559 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must ensure only users who need access to security functions are part of sudo group. prevents CWE-268
Ubuntu 24.04 (1 rule)
- V-270748 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must ensure only users who need access to security functions are part of sudo group. prevents CWE-268
Windows 10 (1 rule)
- V-220712 Only accounts responsible for the administration of a system must have Administrator rights on the system. prevents CWE-268
Windows Server 2016 (1 rule)
- V-225007 Only administrators responsible for the member server or standalone or nondomain-joined system must have Administrator rights on the system. prevents CWE-268
Windows Server 2019 (1 rule)
- V-205746 Windows Server 2019 must only allow Administrators responsible for the member server or standalone or nondomain-joined system to have Administrator rights on the system. prevents CWE-268
Windows Server 2022 (1 rule)
- V-254428 Windows Server 2022 must only allow administrators responsible for the member server or standalone or nondomain-joined system to have Administrator rights on the system. prevents CWE-268