CVE-2025-36083VulnerabilityPublished 28 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-36083: IBM Concert Software · Heap Inspection

Affects IBM Concert SoftwareSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.2 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.2Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., tricking a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: High: There is total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 28 Oct 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
IBM Concert Software	Affected =1.0.0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-36083, organizations should first monitor IBM’s official channels for patches or updates addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly once available. In the interim, restricting local access to systems running IBM Concert Software is critical; this includes enforcing strict access controls, using endpoint security solutions to detect unauthorized local activity, and employing user behavior analytics to identify anomalous actions. Implementing memory management best practices, such as secure coding standards that ensure heap memory is cleared before release, can reduce risk in custom or integrated environments. Regularly auditing and hardening system configurations to minimize the attack surface and disabling unnecessary local accounts or services can further limit exposure. Additionally, organizations should conduct internal security awareness training to reduce insider threat risks and ensure rapid incident response capabilities are in place to detect and respond to potential exploitation attempts.

Description

IBM Concert Software 1.0.0 through 2.0.0 could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information from buffers due to improper clearing of heap memory before release.

Impact

For European organizations, this vulnerability presents a risk primarily in environments where IBM Concert Software is deployed and where local access to systems can be obtained by unauthorized users or malicious insiders. The exposure of residual sensitive data in heap memory could lead to information disclosure, potentially aiding attackers in escalating privileges or conducting further attacks. While the vulnerability does not directly compromise confidentiality or integrity, the availability impact indicated by the CVSS score suggests possible system instability or crashes triggered by exploitation attempts. Organizations in sectors with high data sensitivity, such as finance, healthcare, and government, may face increased risks if attackers leverage this vulnerability to access sensitive operational data. The local access requirement limits remote exploitation, but insider threats or compromised endpoints remain a concern. Additionally, the absence of known exploits currently reduces immediate risk but does not eliminate the potential for future exploitation as attackers develop techniques to leverage this flaw.

CWE-244Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('Heap Inspection') (opens in a new tab)
Variant weakness
Using realloc() to resize buffers that store sensitive information can leave the sensitive information exposed to attack, because it is not removed from memory.
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V8.3.2 (opens in a new tab)
V8.3.6 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

ibm.com/support/pages/node/7249356 (opens in a new tab)

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Affected software

Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 28 Oct 2025, 15:10 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-244

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