CVE-2025-36061 (GCVE-0-2025-36061)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-19 22:51
Modified
2026-10-20 14:41
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Summary
IBM Storage TS4500 Library 1.1.1.6 through 1.12.0.3 IBM Diamondback Tape Library and IBM Storage TS4500 Library could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service using specially crafted SMTP requests that would consume excessive amounts of system resources.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Storage TS4500 Library Version: 1.1.1.6   ≤ 1.12.0.3
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