CVE-2024-38315: IBM Aspera Shares session fixation

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-613

Description

IBM Aspera Shares 1.0 through 1.10.0 PL3 does not invalidate session after a password reset which could allow an authenticated user to impersonate another user on the system.

Affected products

IBM Aspera Shares: from 1.0.0 before 1.10.0; 1.10.0, 1.10.0-patch_level1, 1.10.0-patch_level2, 1.10.0-patch_level3 — fixed in 1.10.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Aspera Shares 1.10.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/294742
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7168379

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