CVE-2025-35435 CISA Thorium download stream divide by zero

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

A remote authenticated attacker can crash the CISA Thorium service by providing a zero stream split size, causing a divide-by-zero error.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-35435?

CVE-2025-35435 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in CISA Thorium, published on 17 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

CISA Thorium accepts a stream split size of zero then divides by this value. A remote, authenticated attacker could cause the service to crash. Fixed in commit 89101a6.

Weakness: CWE-369

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-35435?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisa Thorium.

How do I fix CVE-2025-35435?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-35435 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2025-35435 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-35435 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w2x7-fc9j-4572.

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