Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect Data Virtualization on IBM Software Hub (August 2025 - Part 1 of 2)

Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been addressed in Data Virtualization on IBM Software Hub. Note that Data Virtualization was named Watson Query on IBM Cloud Pak for Data version 4.8. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2025-31672 DESCRIPTION: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache PO...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-5644

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service CPU consumption via a specially crafted OOXML file, aka an XML...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-12626

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.17 are vulnerable to Denial of Service Attacks: 1 Infinite Loops while parsing crafted WMF, EMF, MSG and macros POI bu...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Apache affects IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge

Summary Potential vulnerability in Apache has been identified that affects IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - UAB Component. The vulnerability has been addressed. Refer to details for additional information. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2025-31672 DESCRIPTION: Improper...

Security Bulletin: IBM Observability with Instana (OnPrem) is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Summary Multiple vulnerabilities were remediated in IBM Observability with Instana OnPrem build 1.0.299 Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2025-31672 DESCRIPTION: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files like xlsx, docx and pptx. Thes...

Security Bulletin: There is a vulnerability in poi-ooxml-5.3.0.jarused by IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite (CVE-2025-31672)

Summary There is a vulnerability in poi-ooxml-5.3.0.jar used by IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2025-31672 DESCRIPTION: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files like...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache POI library affect Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI (CVE-2025-31672)

Summary Apache POI library is used by Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI for Seasonal Event Graphs export feature. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2025-31672 DESCRIPTION: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files like xlsx, docx and pptx...

Security Bulletin: SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services is affected by vulnerability in Apache POI (CVE-2025-31672)

Summary SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services is affected by vulnerability in Apache POI CVE-2025-31672. This has been addressed in the remediation section. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2025-31672 DESCRIPTION: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the...

Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Asset Management is vulnerable to Apache poi-ooxml-3.9-20121203 in BIRT (CVE-2016-5000, CVE-2017-12626, CVE-2017-5644, CVE-2019-12415, CVE-2022-26336)

Summary IBM Maximo Asset Management is vulnerable to Apache poi-ooxml-3.9-20121203 in BIRT Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2016-5000 DESCRIPTION: The XLSX2CSV example in Apache POI before 3.14 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted OpenXML document containing an external...

Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions 8.0.6

Summary In addition to updates of open source dependencies, the following security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions 8.0.6 Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2024-2398 DESCRIPTION: cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory le...

Apache POI < 5.4.0 Improper Input Validation

The version of Apache POI installed on the remote host is a version prior to 5.4.0. It is, therefore, affected by an improper input validation vulnerability. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files like xlsx, docx, and pptx. These file formats are essentially zip files, and it is...

CVE-2025-31672

A flaw was found in Apache POI's poi-ooxml component. This vulnerability allows attackers to manipulate file parsing behavior via specially crafted OOXML files containing ZIP entries with duplicate file names. Different systems can interpret these files differently, leading to inconsistent data...

Apache POI OOXML Vulnerable to Improper Input Validation in OOXML File Parsing

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files like xlsx, docx and pptx. These file formats are basically zip files and it is possible for malicious users to add zip entries with duplicate names including the path in the zip. In this cas...

GHSA-GMG8-593G-7MV3 Apache POI OOXML Vulnerable to Improper Input Validation in OOXML File Parsing

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files like xlsx, docx and pptx. These file formats are basically zip files and it is possible for malicious users to add zip entries with duplicate names including the path in the zip. In this cas...

CVE-2025-31672

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files like xlsx, docx and pptx. These file formats are basically zip files and it is possible for malicious users to add zip entries with duplicate names including the path in the zip. In this cas...

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-31672

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files like xlsx, docx and pptx. These file formats are basically zip files and it is possible for malicious users to add zip entries with duplicate names including the path in the zip. In this cas...

CVE-2025-31672 Apache POI: parsing OOXML based files (xlsx, docx, etc.), poi-ooxml could read unexpected data if underlying zip has duplicate zip entry names

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files like xlsx, docx and pptx. These file formats are basically zip files and it is possible for malicious users to add zip entries with duplicate names including the path in the zip. In this cas...

CVE-2025-31672

CVE-2025-31672 is an Improper Input Validation issue in Apache POI’s OOXML parsing. The root cause is acceptance of duplicate zip entry names (including paths) within OOXML files (xlsx/docx/pptx), which can cause reads of different data depending on which duplicate entry is chosen. Affects poi-oo...

CVE-2025-31672 Apache POI: parsing OOXML based files (xlsx, docx, etc.), poi-ooxml could read unexpected data if underlying zip has duplicate zip entry names

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files like xlsx, docx and pptx. These file formats are basically zip files and it is possible for malicious users to add zip entries with duplicate names including the path in the zip. In this cas...

CVE-2025-31672 Apache POI: parsing OOXML based files (xlsx, docx, etc.), poi-ooxml could read unexpected data if underlying zip has duplicate zip entry names

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files like xlsx, docx and pptx. These file formats are basically zip files and it is possible for malicious users to add zip entries with duplicate names including the path in the zip. In this cas...