Hard-coded credentials in IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX Container
Priority LOW 37CWE-798Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.
Summary
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX Container 6.3.0.0 through 6.3.0.6 Interim Fix 016, and 6.4.0.0 through 6.4.0.3 Interim Fix 019 IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00108 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX Container | 6.3.0.0 – 6.3.0.6 Interim Fix 016; 6.4.0.0 – 6.4.0.3 Interim Fix 019 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX Container VendorIBM Affected 6.3.0.0 – 6.3.0.6 Interim Fix 016; 6.4.0.0 – 6.4.0.3 Interim Fix 019 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names CNA · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connectdirect_for_unix_container:6.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.3.0.0 | — | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connectdirect_for_unix_container:6.3.0.6:interim_fix_016:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.3.0.6 interim_fix_016 | — | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connectdirect_for_unix_container:6.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.4.0.0 | — | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connectdirect_for_unix_container:6.4.0.3:interim_fix_019:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.4.0.3 interim_fix_019 | — | IBM |
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connectdirect_for_unix_container:6.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3.0.0 — ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connectdirect_for_unix_container:6.3.0.6:interim_fix_016:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3.0.6 interim_fix_016 — ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connectdirect_for_unix_container:6.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.4.0.0 — ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connectdirect_for_unix_container:6.4.0.3:interim_fix_019:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.4.0.3 interim_fix_019 — ·IBM
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14115
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vwv8-6f5h-57m5
References
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Sources
- CVE-2025-14115 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14115 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vwv8-6f5h-57m5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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