CVE-2025-36034 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Severity

53%

Complexity

16%

Confidentiality

60%

IBM InfoSphere DataStage Flow Designer in IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 discloses sensitive user information in API requests in clear text that could be intercepted using man in the middle techniques.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Demo Examples

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CWE-319

The following code attempts to establish a connection to a site to communicate sensitive information.


               
}
hu.disconnect();

                     

                           //...

Though a connection is successfully made, the connection is unencrypted and it is possible that all sensitive data sent to or received from the server will be read by unintended actors.

Overview

First reported 1 month ago

2025-06-26 16:15:00

Last updated 4 days ago

2025-08-14 20:57:00

Affected Software

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7

11.7

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7237604

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7237604

Vendor Advisory

Stay updated

ExploitPedia is constantly evolving. Sign up to receive a notification when we release additional functionality.

Get in touch

If you'd like to report a bug or have any suggestions for improvements then please do get in touch with us using this form. We will get back to you as soon as we can.