IBM Controller Information Disclosure
Priority LOW 28CWE-526Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00266 18th 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
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-36017
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xr9w-r8gw-wjhw
References
More IBM Controller vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-25486 IBM Cognos Controller XML external entity injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2024-27100 IBM Cognos Controller improper certificate validation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2024-19005 IBM Cognos Controller code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-35404 IBM Cognos Controller information disclosure CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-04420 IBM Controller is affected by vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-30189 IBM Cognos Controller CSV injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
Sources
- CVE-2025-36017 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-36017 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xr9w-r8gw-wjhw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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