CVE-2025-60013

medium

Description

When a highly-privileged, authenticated attacker attempts to initialize the rSeries FIPS module using a password with special shell metacharacters, arbitrary system commands may be executed, and the FIPS hardware security module (HSM) may fail to initialize. A successful exploit can allow the attacker to cross a security boundary. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

References

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-10-15

Updated: 2026-02-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00029