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TI-2025-43939 Aliases CVE-2025-36061

Resource exhaustion in IBM Storage TS4500 Library via SMTP requests

Priority LOW 29CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

IBM Storage TS4500 Library versions 1.1.1.6 through 1.12.0.3 are affected. An authenticated user can send specially crafted SMTP requests that consume excessive system resources, causing a denial of service (CWE-770). The attacker needs network access and low privileges.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Description from the CNA

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00321 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
IBMStorage TS4500 Library1.1.1.6 – 1.12.0.3—No fix listedCNA
  • Storage TS4500 Library VendorIBM Affected 1.1.1.6 – 1.12.0.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for IBM Storage TS4500 Library.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-20 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-36061
  2. 2026-10-20 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-10-20 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2026-08085 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Auto-Login Bypass and Code Validation KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-23774 IBM Aspera Faspex code execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-03794 Improper authentication in IBM Data Risk Manager KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-03441 Code injection in IBM Planning Analytics KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-03639 Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Apache Struts KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-06198 Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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