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 0.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
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.
Contacts with security groups provide timely information on broken or risky cryptographic algorithms, reducing the likelihood of their selection and use.
Ongoing education and sharing of recommended practices helps organizations identify and migrate away from broken or risky cryptographic algorithms.
Cross-organization threat feeds commonly include advances in cryptanalysis and active exploits against weak or broken algorithms, allowing organizations to deprecate them proactively.
Capital planning and funding allow selection and ongoing support of strong cryptographic algorithms rather than weak or broken ones.
Risk updates surface newly-broken or risky cryptographic algorithms as threat intelligence and computing advances evolve, enabling timely replacement.
Scanners flag use of broken or weak cryptographic algorithms via known-vulnerability databases.
Enforces approved cryptographic algorithms for each use case, blocking use of broken or risky algorithms.
Flaw remediation replaces broken or risky cryptographic algorithms once safer implementations are released by vendors.
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.
NVD Description
IBM Aspera faspio Gateway 1.3.6 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information
Deeper analysisAI
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.
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