# CVE-2025-13148: IBM Aspera Orchestrator Unverified Password Change

> An authenticated user can change another user's password without knowing the original, leading to account takeover in IBM Aspera Orchestrator.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 11 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wcv9-7cmw-hf38

## What is CVE-2025-13148?

CVE-2025-13148 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM Aspera Orchestrator, published on 11 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Aspera Orchestrator 4.0.0 through 4.1.0 could allow could an authenticated user to change the password of another user without prior knowledge of that password.

Weakness: CWE-620 (Unverified Password Change)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13148?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Aspera Orchestrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-13148?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13148 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13148 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13148 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Aspera Orchestrator

- [CVE-2025-13481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13481/): IBM Aspera Orchestrator Command Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-37407](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37407/): IBM Aspera Orchestrator command execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-13214](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13214/): IBM Aspera Orchestrator SQL Injection (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2023-38001](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38001/): IBM Aspera Orchestrator cross-site request forgery (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-13219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13219/): Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Aspera Orchestrator (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13148 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13148 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM Aspera Orchestrator, published on 11 Dec 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-2025-13148 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Aspera Orchestrator. 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-2025-13148/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13148/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13148
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13148
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13148

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13148/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.