IBM WebSphere AS 8.5/9.0 TLS Weak Cipher Suite
CVE-2025-33142 Published on August 14, 2025
IBM WebSphere Application Server information disclosure
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security for TLS connections.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-33142 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Improper Certificate Validation
The software does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. When a certificate is invalid or malicious, it might allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. The software might connect to a malicious host while believing it is a trusted host, or the software might be deceived into accepting spoofed data that appears to originate from a trusted host.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-33142
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Affected Versions
IBM WebSphere Application Server:- Version 8.5 is affected.
- Version 9.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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