VulnerabilityPublished 24 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-6536: Tarantool · Reachable Assertion

Affects TarantoolSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 08:30 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score

4.8Medium

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

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 6% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Base metrics

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Attack Requirements: None
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None
Vulnerable system integrity: None
Vulnerable system availability: Low
Subsequent system confidentiality: None
Subsequent system integrity: None
Subsequent system availability: None

Threat metrics

Exploit Maturity: POC

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

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable system 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 through terminal emulation (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., using social engineering techniques to trick a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Attack Requirements: None: The successful attack does not depend on the deployment and execution conditions of the vulnerable system. The attacker can expect to be able to reach the vulnerability and execute the exploit under all or most instances of the vulnerability.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker requires privileges that provide basic capabilities that are typically limited to settings and resources owned by a single low-privileged user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges has the ability to access only non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without interaction from any human user, other than the attacker.
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the Vulnerable System are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Subsequent System or all confidentiality impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Subsequent System or all integrity impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Subsequent System or all availability impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Exploit Maturity: POC: Based on threat intelligence sources each of the following must apply: · Proof-of-concept is publicly available · No knowledge of reported attempts to exploit this vulnerability · No knowledge of publicly available solutions used to simplify attempts to exploit the vulnerability

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Jun 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 26 Oct 2026.

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
GitHubtarantool/tarantool`pkg:github/tarantool/tarantool`Other threats	Affected =3.3.0 =3.3.1	Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Upgrade Tarantool to a version later than 3.3.1 where this vulnerability is patched. If an official patch is not yet available, consider applying any vendor-provided workarounds or source code fixes targeting the tm_to_datetime function.

Restrict local access to systems running vulnerable Tarantool versions by enforcing strict access controls and limiting user privileges to only those necessary for operation.

Implement monitoring and alerting for unexpected crashes or assertion failures in Tarantool processes to detect potential exploitation attempts early.

Conduct regular audits of user accounts and processes with local access to Tarantool hosts to minimize the risk of insider threats or unauthorized local access.

In containerized or virtualized environments, isolate Tarantool instances to reduce the impact of local attacks and prevent lateral movement.

Review and harden application logic that interacts with the tm_to_datetime function or passes datetime inputs to Tarantool to ensure input validation and sanitization.

Prepare incident response procedures to quickly recover from potential denial of service events caused by this vulnerability.

Description

A vulnerability has been found in Tarantool up to 3.3.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function tm_to_datetime in the library src/lib/core/datetime.c. The manipulation leads to reachable assertion. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Impact

For European organizations using Tarantool versions 3.3.0 or 3.3.1, this vulnerability primarily poses a risk of denial of service due to application crashes triggered by assertion failures. While it does not directly compromise data confidentiality or integrity, service availability could be affected, especially in environments where Tarantool is a core component of data processing pipelines or real-time applications. Organizations with multi-tenant or shared environments may face increased risk if low-privileged local users can trigger the assertion failure, potentially disrupting services for other users. The local attack requirement limits the threat to insiders or attackers who have already gained some level of access, reducing the risk of remote exploitation. However, in scenarios where Tarantool is deployed on shared infrastructure or developer workstations, the vulnerability could be leveraged to cause operational disruptions. The medium severity rating suggests that while the impact is not critical, it should not be ignored, particularly in sectors where service continuity is essential, such as finance, telecommunications, and critical infrastructure. The absence of known exploits in the wild reduces immediate risk but the public disclosure of the exploit increases the likelihood of future exploitation attempts.

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