Concert
CVE-2025-33088
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V13 - Configuration Permission assignment review
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| Impact | CVSS 7.4 (HIGH). Attack vector: Local. Complexity: High. Privileges required: None. User interaction: None. Exploitable via local access. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to a local user with specific knowledge about the system's architecture to escalate. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 12, 2026
Concert versions up to 2.1.0 is affected by incorrect permission assignment for critical resource (CVSS 7.4).
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This vulnerability (CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) affects Concert. IBM Concert 1.0.0 through 2.1.0 could allow a local user with specific knowledge about the system's architecture to escalate their privileges due to incorrect file permissions for critical resources.
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DescriptionCVE.org
IBM Concert 1.0.0 through 2.1.0 could allow a local user with specific knowledge about the system's architecture to escalate their privileges due to incorrect file permissions for critical resources.
Executive ViewAI
Concert versions up to 2.1.0 contain a critical permission vulnerability (CVE-2025-33088) that could allow unauthorized access to sensitive resources within affected systems. This poses an immediate risk to any organization running vulnerable versions, as attackers could exploit insufficient access controls to compromise data confidentiality or system integrity without requiring a vendor patch.
Until patch availability: (1) Implement network segmentation to restrict Concert instance access to authorized users/systems only; (2) Deploy WAF rules to block anomalous permission requests or unauthorized API calls to Concert; (3) Enable detailed logging and monitoring of Concert access attempts and resource access patterns; (4) Review and enforce principle of least privilege for Concert user roles and service accounts; (5) Disable non-essential Concert features if permission controls are associated with specific modules; (6) Increase monitoring frequency for suspicious authentication or privilege escalation attempts.
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Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Unauthenticated remote code execution in IBM Concert 1.0.0 through 3.0.0 lets any attacker who can reach the service sen
Use-after-free in IBM Concert 1.0.0 through 3.0.0 lets an attacker who can influence program input or execution flow cor
IBM Concert Software 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, and 1.0.2.1 is vulnerable to SQL injection. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8)
IBM Concert 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 vulnerable to attacks that rely on the use of cookies without the SameSite attribute. Rated
Improperly scoped role-based access control in IBM Concert 1.0.0 through 3.0.0 lets any authenticated user holding even
SQL injection in IBM Concert versions 1.0.0 through 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject specially crafted SQL statem
Concert versions up to 2.1.0 is affected by unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type (CVSS 8.8).
IBM Concert Software 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, and 1.0.2.1 could allow an authenticated user to perform unauthorized actions
Improper bounds checking in IBM Concert 1.0.0 through 3.0.0 lets a local, authenticated user supply overlong input that
Local code execution in IBM Concert 1.0.0 through 2.1.0 allows an authenticated attacker to overflow a stack buffer and
Local privilege escalation in IBM Concert 1.0.0 through 3.0.0 lets an attacker who already holds a low-privileged accoun
Heap memory corruption in IBM Concert 1.0.0 through 3.0.0 lets an attacker who already has low-privileged local access t
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