CVE-2025-36017 (GCVE-0-2025-36017)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-08 21:37 – Updated: 2025-12-09 16:05
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Summary
IBM Controller 11.1.0 through 11.1.1 and IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 through 11.0.1 FP6 stores unencrypted sensitive information in environmental variables files which can be obtained by an authenticated user.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Controller Affected: 11.1.0 , ≤ 11.1.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:controller:11.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:controller:11.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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