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CVE-2025-36040 (GCVE-0-2025-36040)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-30 23:48 – Updated: 2025-07-31 17:55
VLAI
Title
IBM Aspera Faspex session fixation
Summary
IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.12.1 could allow an authenticated user to perform unauthorized actions due to client-side enforcement of sever side security mechanisms.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-31 13:39 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-613 - Insufficient Session Expiration
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7241007 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Aspera Faspex Affected: 5.0.0 , ≤ 5.0.12.1 (semver)
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    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:5.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:5.0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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