Vulnerability · Published Sep 29, 2025 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2025-36099IBM WebSphere Application Server denial of service

Medium 4.9

In plain English

A medium-severity resource allocation without limits in WebSphere Application Server 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)4.9Medium
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 WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A privileged user could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.59.0

Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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