CVE-2025-36171 IBM Aspera Faspex denial of service
A privileged user can cause a denial of service in IBM Aspera Faspex via improperly validated API input leading to excessive resource consumption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-36171?
CVE-2025-36171 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex, published on 9 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36171?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Aspera Faspex.
How do I fix CVE-2025-36171?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36171 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-36171 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36171 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Aspera Faspex
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cc88-pf3q-mxp4.