CVE-2023-27874: IBM Aspera Faspex XML external entity injection

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

IBM Aspera Faspex 4.4.2 is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands. IBM X-Force ID: 249845.

Affected products

IBM Aspera Faspex: through 4.4.2; 4.4.2-patch_level_1, 4.4.2-patch_level_2

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249845
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6964694
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249845
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6964694

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