Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-43852

Medium

Published: 14 April 2025

Published
14 April 2025
Modified
17 July 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0028 51.3th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-43852 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere (CWE-497) vulnerability in Ibm Aspera Console. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 48.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

IBM Aspera Console 3.4.0 through 3.4.4 could disclose sensitive information in HTTP headers that could be used in further attacks against the system.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

ibm
aspera console
3.4.0 — 3.4.5

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-497

Ongoing reviews detect and remove sensitive system information before it reaches publicly accessible systems.

addresses: CWE-497

Employs detection to prevent unauthorized mining of sensitive system information from being exfiltrated to external control spheres.

addresses: CWE-497

Documenting where system information is processed and stored prevents exposure to unauthorized control spheres.

addresses: CWE-497

The control stops sensitive system information from crossing into unauthorized control spheres through EM emanations.

addresses: CWE-497

Authorization and minimization requirements keep PII out of test/research control spheres that often lack production-grade protections.

addresses: CWE-497

Documented categorization of system information reduces the chance that sensitive internals are left exposed to unauthorized spheres.

addresses: CWE-497

System information is concealed or replaced with decoys, reducing leakage to unauthorized observers.

addresses: CWE-497

Ensures sensitive system information is not disclosed outside the intended control sphere through error output.

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