CVE-2023-37400 IBM Aspera Faspex privilege escalation

What is CVE-2023-37400?

CVE-2023-37400 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex, published on 19 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.7 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges due to insecure credential storage. IBM X-Force ID: 259677.

Weakness: CWE-522

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37400?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Aspera Faspex.

How do I fix CVE-2023-37400?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37400 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-37400 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37400 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
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Also known as GHSA-pj8j-wrf5-7mgp.