IBM Aspera Faspex Authorization Bypass

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-123218
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneribm
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-11-07 04:17:28 UTC
Updated2026-11-10 13:49:00 UTC
DescriptionIBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.19 could allow an authorized user to craft a specific message to bypass user authorization and gain full administrative privileges.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.003960000 probability, percentile 0.341090000 (date 2026-11-08)

Problem Types: CWE-863 | CWE-863 CWE-863

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ibm Aspera Faspex All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA IBM Aspera Faspex affected 5.0.0 5.0.19 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295921 [email protected] www.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 www.cisa.gov US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
ADP2026-11-09T00:00:00.000ZCVE-2026-123218 added to CISA KEV

Solutions

CNA: IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading: ProductVersionPlatformFix InstructionsIBM Aspera Faspex5.0.19 PL1Linux Please follow the instructions  here https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aspera-faspex/5.0.x . Validate that the faspex-core container image is 5.0.19 (1ce4b13, Fix Pack: 1)

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