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    2 vulnerabilities found for IBM Licensing Operator by IBM

    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)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
    Assigner
    ibm
    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
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        cpe:2.3:a:ibm:license_metric_tool:9.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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    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)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
    Assigner
    ibm
    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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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