CVE-2025-2134
📋 TL;DR
IBM Jazz Reporting Service has an insufficient resource pooling vulnerability that allows authenticated users to degrade system performance through complex queries. This affects organizations using IBM Jazz Reporting Service where authenticated users can access reporting functionality. The vulnerability could lead to denial of service conditions affecting legitimate users.
💻 Affected Systems
- IBM Jazz Reporting Service
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete system unavailability due to resource exhaustion, preventing legitimate users from accessing reporting services and potentially affecting dependent business processes.
Likely Case
Degraded system performance and slow response times for legitimate users when malicious queries consume excessive resources.
If Mitigated
Minimal impact with proper query monitoring, rate limiting, and resource controls in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access; attackers need valid credentials or compromised accounts to execute resource-intensive queries.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Check IBM advisory for specific fixed versions
Vendor Advisory: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7258083
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Review IBM advisory for affected versions. 2. Apply IBM-provided fix or upgrade to patched version. 3. Restart Jazz Reporting Service. 4. Verify fix implementation.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement Query Complexity Limits
allConfigure query execution timeouts and resource limits to prevent excessive resource consumption
Configure via Jazz Reporting Service administration console: Set query timeout limits and resource constraints
Restrict User Permissions
allLimit reporting query capabilities to trusted users only
Review and modify user roles in Jazz Reporting Service to restrict complex query execution
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict monitoring and alerting for resource-intensive queries
- Apply network segmentation to isolate Jazz Reporting Service from critical systems
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check IBM Jazz Reporting Service version against affected versions listed in IBM advisoryCheck Version:
Check version via Jazz Reporting Service administration interface or consult system documentationVerify Fix Applied:
Verify installed version matches or exceeds patched version from IBM advisory📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusually long query execution times
- Multiple concurrent complex queries from single user
- System resource exhaustion alerts
Network Indicators:
- Increased response times for reporting services
- Unusual patterns of reporting requests
SIEM Query:
source="jazz_reporting" AND (query_duration>30s OR cpu_usage>90%) | stats count by user