TI-2023-12026 Aliases CVE-2023-27285 GHSA-r9f8-cj8w-mcgg

IBM Aspera buffer overflow

LOW 38CWE-119Published 2023-06-04 · Updated 2025-01-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

IBM Aspera Connect 4.2.5 and IBM Aspera Cargo 4.2.5 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. An attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 248625.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00235 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
IBM	Aspera Connect	4.2.5	—	No fix listed	CNA
IBM	Aspera Cargo	4.2.5	—	No fix listed	CNA

Aspera Connect VendorIBM Affected 4.2.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Aspera Cargo VendorIBM Affected 4.2.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_cargo::::::::	before 4.2.6	Vulnerable	IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_connect::::::::	before 4.2.6	Vulnerable	IBM

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_cargo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.2.6 Vulnerable ·IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_connect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.2.6 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Advisory · 2023-06-04
IBM Aspera Cargo, Aspera Connect — ibm.com/support/pages/node/7001053
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-09014 IBM Aspera information disclosurePriority LOW 34
Show all 2 records → Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-27285
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r9f8-cj8w-mcgg

References

Patch 1

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7001053

TI-2023-12027 IBM Aspera code execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-12025 IBM Aspera code execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-09014 IBM Aspera information disclosure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources

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