API Gateway Security & Centralized Authentication Failure
Vulnerability in central API authentication point creates cascading compromise across hundreds of downstream microservices, databases, and cloud APIs that rely on gateway for access control.
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IBM API Connect CVE-2025-13915: Critical Authentication Bypass Affecting Enterprise API Gateways at Major Financial and Telecom Organizations
IBM API Connect (CVSS 9.8) authentication bypass allows remote attackers to completely bypass login mechanisms and gain unauthorized access to centralized API gateways serving banks, airlines, and telecommunications companies. Affects versions 10.0.8.0-10.0.8.5, 10.0.11.0, 10.0.15.0 with no evidence of active exploitation yet.