Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-36159

Ibm Concert 1.0.0 – 2.1.0

Published
20 November 2025
Modified
21 November 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.2
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0011 2th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-36159 is a medium-severity Improper Output Neutralization for Logs (CWE-117) vulnerability in Ibm Concert. Its CVSS base score is 6.2 (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 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AU-9 (Protection of Audit Information) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A09:2025 Security Logging and Alerting Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM Concert 1.0.0 through 2.0.0 could allow a local user to forge log files to impersonate other users or hide their identity due to improper neutralization of output.

CWE(s)
CWE-117

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

ibm
concert
1.0.0 — 2.1.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)
  • SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AU-9 Protection of Audit Information good match
prevent

Directly protects audit log files from unauthorized modification or forgery by local users, addressing the improper output neutralization flaw.

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match
prevent

Enforces access restrictions so only authorized processes can write to log files, preventing a local user from injecting forged entries.

SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity partial match
detect

Provides integrity verification mechanisms that can detect when log files have been altered to impersonate users or conceal activity.

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-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices and coding standards directly require output sanitization for logs.

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.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
detects

Security testing can detect log injection flaws but does not prevent them at the source.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
degrades

Logging control directly requires proper log generation and handling, which mitigates improper output neutralization.

A.8.16 Monitoring activities partial match
detects

Monitoring activities rely on trustworthy logs but do not ensure log message integrity.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC includes coding standards that reduce log-related weaknesses but does not specifically address logging.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding practices mandate input validation and output encoding, directly preventing log injection.

References