What is CVE-2025-36061?

CVE-2025-36061 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Ts4500 Library, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-10-19.

How severe is CVE-2025-36061?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in IBM Storage Ts4500 Library

CVE-2025-36061

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.

Published 2026-10-19.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

IBM Storage Ts4500 Library

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7292612 (vendor-advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-36061?: CVE-2025-36061 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Storage Ts4500 Library, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2025-36061?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.