Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Enterprise Application Service for Java is affected by multiple vulnerabilities found in WebSphere Application Server Liberty.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-48976
DESCRIPTION: Allocation of resources for multipart headers with insufficient limits enabled a DoS vulnerability in Apache Commons FileUpload.
This issue affects Apache Commons FileUpload: from 1.0 before 1.6; from 2.0.0-M1 before 2.0.0-M4.
Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 1.6 or 2.0.0-M4, which fix the issue.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: CISA ADP
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2025-36047
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 18.0.0.2 through 25.0.0.8 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2024-56339
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0 and WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 25.0.0.7 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions caused by a failure to honor security configuration.
CWE: CWE-650: Trusting HTTP Permission Methods on the Server Side
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2025-36124
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 25.0.0.8 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions caused by a failure to honor JMS messaging configuration
CWE: CWE-268: Privilege Chaining
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2025-36097
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0 and WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 25.0.0.7 are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based overflow. An attacker can send a specially crafted request that cause the server to consume excessive memory resources.
CWE: CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Affected Supporting Product | Affected Supporting Product Version(s) |
| IBM Enterprise Application Service for Java | WebSphere Application Server Liberty | 17.0.0.3 - 25.0.0.8 |
Remediation/Fixes
Please consult the following security bulletins for vulnerability details and information about fixes.
- WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions
- WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by a denial of service with HTTP/2
- WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by a security bypass in JMS messaging
- WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by a denial of service due to Apache Commons FileUpload
- WebSphere Application Server Liberty is affected by a denial of service in glassfish jsonp
To apply the fixes, you must redeploy your application.
For build deploy and run scenario:
- Create a new release build.
- Make a commit to main in the source repo and raise a PR.
- After the PR pipeline is completed, merge the PR, to start a new release pipeline and new release build.
- In the config repository environment.yaml file, update app.version with the new release build-id.
- Create a PR to start config validation.
- Once the config validation pipeline is complete, merge the PR to start the new deployment.
For deploy and run:
- In the config repository environment.yaml file, update maven coordinates with a new version of the app.
- Create a PR to main to start a config validation.
- Once the config validation pipeline is complete, merge the PR to start a new deployment.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins
References
Acknowledgement
Change History
17 Sep 2025: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Modified date:
17 September 2025
UID
ibm17245253