CVE-2025-36140

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—Trending — 3 sources updated this week

6.5

IBM watsonx.data 2.2 through 2.2.1 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service through ingestion pods due to improper allocation of resources without limits.

CVSS v3: 6.5
EG Score: 6.5(medium)
EPSS: 21.6%
KEV: Not listed

Published

December 8, 2025

Last Modified

December 10, 2025

References (1)

psirt@ushttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7253932

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 11× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-05-29 18:12 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-29 18:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-29 13:44 UTCepss_batch

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What is CVE-2025-36140?

CVE-2025-36140 is a medium vulnerability published on December 8, 2025. IBM watsonx.data 2.2 through 2.2.1 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service through ingestion pods due to improper allocation of resources without limits.

When was CVE-2025-36140 disclosed?

CVE-2025-36140 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 8, 2025, with the most recent update on December 10, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-36140 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-36140 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 21.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-36140?

CVE-2025-36140 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-36140?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-36140, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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