#VU111988 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in IBM WebSphere Application Server - CVE-2025-36038

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#VU111988 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in IBM WebSphere Application Server - CVE-2025-36038

Published: June 27, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111988
Vulnerability risk: Critical
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-36038
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM WebSphere Application Server
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted sequence of serialized objects to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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