CVE-2025-36038
IBM WebSphere Application Server code execution
02 Description
IBM WebSphere Application Server code execution
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 13.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-06-25 20:38Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26 17:50Z8 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-04-15
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.0)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 0e3b36e929d5b156652a00022c0e4b379c2c1cc6c307543dab0af7a34e288478
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
For IBM WebSphere Application Server traditional: For V9.0.0.0 through 9.0.5.24: · Upgrade to minimal fix pack levels as required by the interim fix and then apply the Interim Fix that resolves PH66674 --OR-- · Apply Fix Pack 9.0.5.25 or later (targeted availability 3Q2025). For V8.5.0.0 through 8.5.5.27: · Upgrade to minimal fix pack levels as required by the interim fix and then apply the Interim Fix that resolves PH66674 --OR-- · Apply Fix Pack 8.5.5.28 or later (targeted availability 3Q2025). Additional interim fixes may be available and linked off the interim fix download page.