SB2025111843 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM webMethods BPM



SB2025111843 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM webMethods BPM

Published: November 18, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025111843
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-48976)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to Apache Commons FileUpload provided a hard-coded limit of 10kB for the size of the headers associated with a multipart request. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Improper error handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-31650)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient error handling for certain invalid HTTP priority headers. A remote attacker can send a large amount of specially crafted HTTP requests to the server and consume all available memory, resulting in a denial of service condition.


3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-48989)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP request to the web server and consume all available memory resources, leading to a denial of service. 

Note, this vulnerability is known as HTTP/2 Made You Reset Attack.


4) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-53506)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling excessive HTTP/2 streams. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


5) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-52434)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling HTTP/2 requests with APR/Native. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.