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2 vulnerabilities found for IBM Licensing Operator by IBM
CVE-2025-12985 (GCVE-0-2025-12985)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-01-20 14:50 – Updated: 2026-01-20 15:10
VLAI?
Title
License Service: Privilege escalation vulnerability
Summary
IBM Licensing Operator incorrectly assigns privileges to security critical files which could allow a local root escalation inside a container running the IBM Licensing Operator image.
Severity ?
8.4 (High)
CWE
- CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | IBM Licensing Operator |
Affected:
9.0.0
Affected: 9.0.1 Affected: 9.1.0 Affected: 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:license_metric_tool:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:license_metric_tool:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:license_metric_tool:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:license_metric_tool:9.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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CVE-2025-12985 (GCVE-0-2025-12985)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-20 14:50 – Updated: 2026-01-20 15:10
VLAI?
Title
License Service: Privilege escalation vulnerability
Summary
IBM Licensing Operator incorrectly assigns privileges to security critical files which could allow a local root escalation inside a container running the IBM Licensing Operator image.
Severity ?
8.4 (High)
CWE
- CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Assigner
References
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Affected:
9.0.0
Affected: 9.0.1 Affected: 9.1.0 Affected: 9.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:license_metric_tool:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:license_metric_tool:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:license_metric_tool:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:license_metric_tool:9.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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