# CVE-2025-12767: IBM Concert regular expression denial of service

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-12767-ibm-concert-1-0-0-through-3-0-0-could-allow-a-remote-attacker-to  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-22. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-12767 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.3 · Published 2026-09-22

IBM Concert is a software platform used by enterprises for application development and integration. A flaw in how the product processes user-supplied regular expressions allows a remote attacker to cause the application to consume excessive system resources and become unresponsive, disrupting business operations without requiring authentication.

Technologies: [IBM Concert](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/concert). Vendors: [IBM](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/ibm).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-12767 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-12767 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-12767?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 22 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** IBM Concert 1.0.0 through 3.0.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-12767?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2025-12767 attacked?** It is attacked over the network.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-12767?** Check whether you run IBM Concert at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

The vulnerability is a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw affecting IBM Concert versions 1.0.0 through 3.0.0. An unauthenticated remote attacker can craft a malicious regular expression that triggers catastrophic backtracking, causing excessive CPU and memory consumption. The attack requires network access but no special privileges or user interaction.

## Affected products

- IBM Concert 1.0.0 through 3.0.0

## Timeline

- 2026-09-22: disclosed

## References

- [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288830](https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288830)

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