CVE-2026-123218 PUBLISHED

IBM Aspera Faspex Authorization Bypass

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 05.11.2026 Published: 07.11.2026 Updated: 07.11.2026

IBM 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

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

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	IBM
Product	Aspera Faspex
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 5.0.0 to 5.0.19 (incl.)

Solutions

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)

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295921

Problem Types

CWE-863 CWE