CVE-2025-13096Network attack vector

Authenticated disclosure and resource exhaustion via entity resolution

Published Feb 2, 2026 · Updated Feb 2, 2026

XXE in IBM Business Automation Workflow 24.0.0, 24.0.1, and 25.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to disclose sensitive data. The XML-processing path resolves attacker-supplied external entities, while IBM does not identify the parser, endpoint, or input field. A low-privileged network user can trigger external-resource resolution to read sensitive information or exhaust memory and interrupt service.

CVSS severity7.1
High
EPSS probability0.48%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

XXE in IBM Business Automation Workflow 24.0.0, 24.0.1, and 25.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to disclose sensitive data. The XML-processing path resolves attacker-supplied external entities, while IBM does not identify the parser, endpoint, or input field. A low-privileged network user can trigger external-resource resolution to read sensitive information or exhaust memory and interrupt service.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-13096
Published
Feb 2, 2026
Updated
Feb 2, 2026
Vendor
IBM
Product
Business Automation Workflow
Classifications
CWE-918
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=24.0.0
  2. Affected versionversion=24.0.1
  3. Affected versionversion=25.0.0
  4. Affected versionversion=V24.0.0 <=V24.0.0-IF007
  5. Affected versionversion=V24.0.1 <=V24.0.1-IF005
  6. Affected versionversion=V25.0.0 <=V25.0.0-IF002

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · Business Automation Workflowversion=24.0.0; version=24.0.1; version=25.0.0; version=V24.0.0 <=V24.0.0-IF007; version=V24.0.1 <=V24.0.1-IF005; version=V25.0.0 <=V25.0.0-IF002

Published CVSS scores

7.1IBMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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