High SSRF

CVE-2025-13096 — XML eXternal Entity injection (XXE) vulnerability affect IBM Business Automation Workflow -

IBM Business Automation Workflow containers V25.0.0 through V25.0.0-IF007, V24.0.1 - V24.0.1-IF007, V24.0.0 - V24.0.0-IF007 and IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional V25.0.0, V24.0.1, V24.0.0 is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.

Published Feb 2, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: ibm

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.5% (30-day exploitation probability)+6
Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.52%

ahead of 42% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

Ibm

Business Automation Workflow and 2 more

CVSS base

7.1

High · 2 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Partial

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Ibm Business Automation Workflow, Ibm Business Automation Workflow containers, Ibm Business Automation Workflow traditional).
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (ssrf), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Ibm	Business Automation Workflow	≤ 24.0.0version 25.0.0-if002version 25.0.0-if001version 25.0.0version 24.0.1-if005version 24.0.1-if004version 24.0.1-if002version 24.0.1-if001 and 8 more version 24.0.1version 24.0.0-if007version 24.0.0-if006version 24.0.0-if005version 24.0.0-if004version 24.0.0-if003version 24.0.0-if002version 24.0.0-if001	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Ibm	Business Automation Workflow containers	≥ V25.0.0 and ≤ V25.0.0-IF002≥ V24.0.1 and ≤ V24.0.1-IF005≥ V24.0.0 and ≤ V24.0.0-IF007	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Ibm	Business Automation Workflow traditional	version 25.0.0version 24.0.1version 24.0.0	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
7.1	CVSS 3.1	High	2.8	4.2	psirt@us.ibm.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
7.1	CVSS 3.1	High	—	—	ibm via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L (score shown at the top: psirt@us.ibm.com)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.52%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Monitor outbound requests from the server to internal IPs and cloud metadata endpoints.

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSegress traffic

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · ibm/business automation workflow containers, ibm/business automation workflow traditional
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
CVSS changed · 7.1
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
Feb 2, 2026 · ibm

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

1 on the record

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7259321
Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, patch, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Ibm
every CVE for this vendor

SSRF
same class

CWE-918
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Low CVE-2026-12730 IBM Business Automation Workflow containers and traditional 26.0.0, 25.0.0 through… Aug 5, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-1248 IBM Business Automation Workflow information leak May 27, 2026
Medium CVE-2025-36058 Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed in IBM Business Automation Workflow Containers fixes December 2025 Jan 20, 2026
Medium CVE-2025-36059 Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed in IBM Business Automation Workflow Containers fixes December 2025 Jan 20, 2026
Medium CVE-2025-36054 Cross-site scripting vulnerability affect IBM Business Automation Workflow Process Federation Server - Nov 6, 2025

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-13096 is "XML eXternal Entity injection (XXE) vulnerability affect IBM Business Automation Workflow -", rated High. It affects Business Automation Workflow (Ibm); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.1 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.52% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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