Vulnerability · Published Oct 19, 2026 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2025-36061TS4500 Tape Library Denial of Service
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity resource allocation without limits in Storage TS4500 Library from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
IBM Storage TS4500 Library 1.1.1.6 through 1.12.0.3 IBM Diamondback Tape Library and IBM Storage TS4500 Library could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service using specially crafted SMTP requests that would consume excessive amounts of system resources.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | Storage TS4500 Library | 1.1.1.6 – through 1.12.0.3 |
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7292612 vendor-advisory, patch