CVE-2025-13096XML eXternal Entity injection (XXE) vulnerability affect IBM Business Automation Workflow -
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 0.51%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 56% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
IBM Business Automation Workflow containers V25.0.0 through V25.0.0-IF007, V24.0.1 - V24.0.1-IF007, V24.0.0 - V24.0.0-IF007 and IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional V25.0.0, V24.0.1, V24.0.0 is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
IBM · Business Automation Workflow containers
- affected V25.0.0 – ≤ V25.0.0-IF002
- affected V24.0.1 – ≤ V24.0.1-IF005
- affected V24.0.0 – ≤ V24.0.0-IF007
IBM · Business Automation Workflow traditional
- affected 25.0.0
- affected 24.0.1
- affected 24.0.0
What to do
Solution: The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing DT456229 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/aCIgJ0000007aZpWAI as soon as practical. Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation / FixIBM Business Automation Workflow containersV25.0.0Apply 25.0.0-IF003 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/readme-ibm-business-automation-workflow-containers-25000-interim-fixes IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV24.0.1Apply 24.0.1-IF006 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7183042 IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV24.0.0Apply 24.0.0-IF008 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7159792 IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV25.0.0Apply DT456229 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/aCIgJ0000007aZpWAI included in 25.0.0-IF003 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/readme-ibm-business-automation-workflow-25000-interim-fixes IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional V24.0.1Apply DT456229 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/aCIgJ0000007aZpWAI included in 24.0.1-IF006 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/readme-ibm-business-automation-workflow-24010-interim-fixes IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional V24.0.0Apply DT456229 https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/aCIgJ0000007aZpWAI included in 24.0.0-IF008 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/readme-ibm-business-automation-workflow-24000-interim-fixes
References
References1
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7259321 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-206752 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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