CVE-2023-35906 IBM Aspera Faspex security bypass

What is CVE-2023-35906?

CVE-2023-35906 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex, published on 5 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.5 could allow a remote attacked to bypass IP restrictions due to improper access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 259649.

Weakness: CWE-345, CWE-291

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-35906?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Aspera Faspex.

How do I fix CVE-2023-35906?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-35906 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2023-35906 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-35906 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Aspera Faspex

• CVE-2022-47986 IBM Aspera Faspex Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-27874 IBM Aspera Faspex XML external entity injection Critical 9.9
• CVE-2026-14958 OS command injection in IBM Aspera Faspex Critical 9.1
• CVE-2026-14959 OS Command Injection in IBM Aspera Faspex Critical 9.1
• CVE-2026-14996 Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Aspera Faspex High 8.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-98gc-8mj5-cc3r.