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

CVE-2025-36140 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Which versions of Watsonx.Data are affected by CVE-2025-36140?

CVE-2025-36140 presents notable security risk rated CVSS 6.5. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-36140?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Watsonx.Data CVE-2025-36140

EUVD-2025-201829 MEDIUM

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770)

2025-12-08 psirt@us.ibm.com

IBM Denial Of Service Watsonx.Data

6.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.5 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

EUVD ID Assigned

Mar 15, 2026 - 17:54 euvd

EUVD-2025-201829

Analysis Generated

Mar 15, 2026 - 17:54 vuln.today

CVE Published

Dec 08, 2025 - 23:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Analysis

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.

Technical ContextAI

A denial of service vulnerability allows an attacker to disrupt the normal functioning of a system, making it unavailable to legitimate users. This vulnerability is classified as Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770).