# CVE-2025-33096: IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next denial of service

> An authenticated user can cause a denial of service in IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next by uploading specially crafted files.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wr8r-279j-g4xp

## What is CVE-2025-33096?

CVE-2025-33096 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next, published on 12 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next 7.0.2, 7.0.3, and 7.1 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service by uploading specially crafted files using uncontrolled recursion.

Weakness: CWE-674 (Uncontrolled Recursion)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-33096?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-33096?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-33096 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-33096 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-33096 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next

- [CVE-2024-43169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43169/): IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next file download (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-41770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41770/): IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-41771](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41771/): IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-2140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2140/): IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next spoofing (medium 5.7)
- [CVE-2025-13734](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13734/): Missing authorization in Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-33096 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-33096 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next, published on 12 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-33096 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Engineering Requirements Management Doors Next. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33096/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33096/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33096
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33096
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-33096

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