CVE-2023-37398

IBM Aspera Faspex information disclosure

At a glance

Severity: MEDIUM 5.9
EPSS: EPSS 0.33 % · percentile 26 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2025-01-29
Updated: 2025-02-12
Assigner: ibm
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.10 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	ibm
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	NVD · psirt@us.ibm.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL 9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-521

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-41299
GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-37398

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.0.0 ≤ 5.0.10

Affected products

Product	Versions
IBM · Aspera Faspex	affected 5.0.0 ≤ 5.0.10

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7181814

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD