What is CVE-2025-25029?

CVE-2025-25029 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2025-05-28.

How severe is CVE-2025-25029?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium

CVE-2025-25029

IBM Security Guardium 12.0 could allow a privileged user to download any file on the system due to improper escaping of input.

Published 2025-05-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium — versions 12.0
IBM Security Guardium — versions 12.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7234827 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-25029?: CVE-2025-25029 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2025-05-28.
How severe is CVE-2025-25029?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.