Resource exhaustion in Ibm Websphere Application Server Liberty

CVE-2025-36047

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 18.0.0.2 through 25.0.0.8 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memor…

EPSS: 0.001 (29.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-36047?
CVE-2025-36047 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server Liberty, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-08-14.
How severe is CVE-2025-36047?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.