CVE-2025-36035 IBM PowerVM Hypervisor denial of service
A local privileged user can cause denial of service or disclose memory via a crafted hypervisor call in IBM PowerVM.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-36035?
CVE-2025-36035 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM PowerVM Hypervisor, published on 14 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW950.00 through FW950.E0, FW1050.00 through FW1050.50, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.40 could allow a local privileged user to cause a denial of service by issuing a specially crafted IBM i hypervisor call that would disclose memory contents or consume excessive memory resources.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36035?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Powervm Hypervisor.
How do I fix CVE-2025-36035?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36035 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-2025-36035 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36035 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM PowerVM Hypervisor
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mj6x-h8pr-f5jh.