Medium severity · published Sep 14, 2025
CVE-2025-36035
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor denial of service
5.1
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PowerVM Hypervisor · IBM
FW950.00 through FW950.E0; FW1050.00 through FW1050.50; FW1060.00 through FW1060.40 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-36035
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-36035
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7244813
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