Medium severity · published Oct 9, 2025
CVE-2025-36171
IBM Aspera Faspex denial of service
4.9
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.13.1 could allow a privileged user to cause a denial of service from improperly validated API input due to excessive resource consumption.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AF
Aspera Faspex · IBM
5.0.0 through 5.0.13.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-36171
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-36171
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7247502
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