CVE-2025-36038

CRITICAL

IBM Websphere Application Server < 8.5.5.28 - Insecure Deserialization

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Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with a specially crafted sequence of serialized objects.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7237967

Scores

CVSS v3 9.0

EPSS 0.0037

EPSS Percentile 58.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-502

Status published

Affected Products (1)

ibm/websphere_application_server < 8.5.5.28

Timeline

Published Jun 25, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026