What is CVE-2025-1139?

CVE-2025-1139 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Edge Application Manager, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-08-20.

How severe is CVE-2025-1139?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Edge Application Manager

CVE-2025-1139

IBM Edge Application Manager 4.5 could allow a local user to read or modify resources that they should not have authorization to access due to incorrect permission assignment.

Published 2025-08-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (1.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 1st percentile — 1.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: +0.000

Affected products

IBM Edge Application Manager — versions 4.5
IBM Edge Application Manager — versions 4.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7242632 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1139?: CVE-2025-1139 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Edge Application Manager, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2025-1139?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.