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TI-2025-43941 Aliases CVE-2025-36252

Insufficient session expiration in IBM TS4500 Tape Library

Priority LOW 27CWE-613Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-613.

Summary

IBM Storage TS4500 Library from 1.1.1.6 through 1.12.0.3 does not invalidate sessions. This weakness, CWE-613, lets a session stay valid when it should have expired. An authenticated user can impersonate another user on the system.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Description from the CNA

IBM Storage TS4500 Library 1.1.1.6 through 1.12.0.3 IBM TS4500 Tape Library/Diamondback Tape Library does not invalidate session which could allow an authenticated user to impersonate another user on the system.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.002 9th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
IBMStorage TS4500 Library1.1.1.6 – 1.12.0.3—No fix listedCNA
  • Storage TS4500 Library VendorIBM Affected 1.1.1.6 – 1.12.0.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for IBM Storage TS4500 Library.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-20 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-36252
  2. 2026-10-21 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  3. 2026-10-23 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Patch 1

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Sources

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