# CVE-2022-43840: IBM Aspera Console XPath injection

> An authenticated attacker can exploit XPath injection in IBM Aspera Console to exfiltrate sensitive data and reveal XML structure.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gj57-w9c9-x3x9

## What is CVE-2022-43840?

CVE-2022-43840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aspera Console, published on 14 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Aspera Console 3.4.0 through 3.4.4

is vulnerable to an XPath injection vulnerability, which could allow an authenticated attacker to exfiltrate sensitive application data and/or determine the structure of the XML document.

Weakness: CWE-643 (Improper Neutralization of Data within XPath Expressions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43840?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Aspera Console.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-43840?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-43840 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-43840 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43840 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Aspera Console

- [CVE-2025-13379](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13379/): A SQL Injection vulnerability has been addressed in IBM Aspera Console (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2022-43842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43842/): IBM Aspera Console SQL injection (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2021-38963](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38963/): IBM Aspera Console CSV injection (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2021-38927](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38927/): IBM Aspera Console cross-site scripting (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-43851](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43851/): IBM Aspera Console information disclosure (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-43840 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-43840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aspera Console, published on 14 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43840 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Aspera Console. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43840/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43840/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43840
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43840
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43840

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