Denial of Service Vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex Product
CVE-2025-36171

4.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

IBM
Status
Aspera Faspex
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 October 2025

What is CVE-2025-36171?

A vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex versions 5.0.0 through 5.0.13.1 could be exploited by a privileged user to initiate a denial of service attack. This occurs due to insufficient validation of API input, which may lead to excessive resource consumption, potentially disrupting service availability.

Affected Version(s)

Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 <= 5.0.13.1

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7247502
vendor-advisorypatch

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2025-36171 : Denial of Service Vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex Product