CVE-2025-36015 IBM Controller Denial of Service
An authenticated user can cause a denial of service in IBM Cognos Controller by providing improperly validated quantity size input.
- 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-2025-36015?
CVE-2025-36015 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Controller, published on 8 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Controller 11.1.0 through 11.1.1 and IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 through 11.0.1 FP6 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper validation of a specified quantity size input.
Weakness: CWE-1284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36015?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Cognos Controller, Ibm Controller.
How do I fix CVE-2025-36015?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36015 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-2025-36015 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36015 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Cognos Controller
Sources
Also known as GHSA-43hq-c99c-6p3f.