CVE-2025-13375
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA) 7.5.52 and 8.4.82 could allow an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the system.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIBM Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA) versions 7.5.52 and 8.4.82 contain a critical vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands with elevated (root/administrator) privileges on the host system. This appears to be a command injection flaw in the CCA component, likely due to insufficient input validation when processing cryptographic requests.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if IBM CCA is installedLocate IBM CCA installation directory or check for CCA-related processes/services running on the system. Common locations include /opt/ibm/ccs or C:\Program Files\IBM\CCS on Windows. Use commands like 'ps aux | grep cca' on Linux or check Services panel on Windows.Affected if IBM CCA software is present on the system
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Determine installed IBM CCA versionCheck the version of the IBM CCA installation. Typical methods include: running 'cca version' or 'cca -v' from the CCA bin directory, examining version files in the installation directory (often named version.txt, VER, or similar), or checking product information via the CCA management interface.Affected if Installed version matches 7.5.52 or 8.4.82 exactly
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Compare version against affected rangesReview all installed CCA instances and compare each version number to the affected versions 7.5.52 and 8.4.82. Note that minor version differences may exist - treat versions at or below 7.5.52 in the 7.x branch and at or below 8.4.82 in the 8.x branch as potentially affected.Affected if Installed version is 7.5.52 or 8.4.82, or falls at or below these thresholds in their respective branches
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Verify CCA service is activeConfirm the IBM CCA service or daemon is running and accepting requests. On Linux check via 'systemctl status cca' or 'ps aux | grep -i cca'. On Windows, verify the IBM CCS service status in Services. The vulnerability requires the CCA component to be exposed and processing requests.Affected if CCA service is running and network-accessible
The system is affected if IBM CCA versions 7.5.52 or 8.4.82 (or earlier versions in those branches) are installed with the CCA service actively running.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-supplied patches to upgrade IBM CCA beyond affected versions 7.5.52 and 8.4.82 per IBM Security Bulletin. Until patched, isolate affected systems on a restricted network and monitor for indicators of compromise.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-13375 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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