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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2025-36097 json

IBM WebSphere Application Server denial of service

published 2025-07-16 15 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-21735

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0 and WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 25.0.0.7 are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based overflow. An attacker can send a specially crafted request that cause the server to consume excessive memory resources.

Patch / fix

  • ibm websphere_application_server 9.0.5.24, 25.0.0.8

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
15 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • IBM WebSphere Application Server
  • IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.