Vulnerability · Published Jul 30, 2025 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2025-36040IBM Aspera Faspex session fixation

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Aspera Faspex from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Aspera Faspex	5.0.0 – through 5.0.12.1

Weakness: CWE-613 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7241007 vendor-advisory, patch