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Publication date: 2025-10-09

Last updated on: 2025-10-14

Assigner: IBM Corporation

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.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-10-09

Last Modified

2025-10-14

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-10-09

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-36171

EUVD

EUVD-2025-33345

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
ibm	aspera_faspex	From 5.0.0 (inc) to 5.0.14 (exc)
microsoft	windows	*
linux	linux_kernel	From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-770	The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex versions 5.0.0 through 5.0.13.1 allows a privileged user to cause a denial of service by sending improperly validated API input that leads to excessive resource consumption.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can impact you by causing a denial of service condition, which means the affected system or service could become unavailable or unresponsive due to excessive resource consumption triggered by the malicious input.

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