CVE-2025-14480
Published: 03 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-14480 is a medium-severity Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm (CWE-327) vulnerability in Ibm Aspera Faspio Gateway. Its CVSS base score is 5.1 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Unsecured Credentials (T1552); ranked at the 0.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SC-13 (Cryptographic Protection) and SC-8 (Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-14480 is a cryptographic weakness in IBM Aspera faspio Gateway version 1.3.6, where the software employs weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms (CWE-327). This flaw could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.1 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating moderate severity primarily due to its high confidentiality impact.
Exploitation requires local access to the affected system with no privileges or user interaction needed, though it demands high attack complexity. An attacker who meets these conditions could achieve high-impact unauthorized access to confidential data by decrypting it, without disrupting integrity or availability.
IBM has published a security advisory with details on the vulnerability and mitigation at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7261491. Security practitioners should consult this reference for patch availability and recommended remediation steps.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-208263
Vulnerability details
IBM Aspera faspio Gateway 1.3.6 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Weak crypto implementation enables local decryption of sensitive data (often credentials/keys), directly facilitating unsecured credential access.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires implementation of approved cryptographic algorithms, preventing use of the weak algorithms (CWE-327) that enable decryption of sensitive data in Aspera faspio Gateway.
Enforces cryptographic protection for data in transit, mitigating the risk of an attacker decrypting information transferred through the vulnerable Aspera gateway.
Requires timely remediation of identified flaws, directly addressing the weak-crypto vulnerability via the IBM-supplied patch or configuration change.