Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-36229

Ibm Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 – 5.0.14.2

Published
26 December 2025
Modified
29 December 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 3.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0022 13th percentile
Risk Priority 15 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-36229 is a low-severity Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere (CWE-497) vulnerability in Ibm Aspera Faspex. Its CVSS base score is 3.1 (Low).

Operationally, ranked at the 13th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM Aspera Faspex 5 5.0.0 through 5.0.14.1 could allow authenticated users to enumerate sensitive information of data due by enumerating package identifiers.

CWE(s)
CWE-497

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-37400Same product: Ibm Aspera Faspex
CVE-2025-36228Same product: Ibm Aspera Faspex
CVE-2024-45098Same product: Ibm Aspera Faspex
CVE-2023-22869Same product: Ibm Aspera Faspex
CVE-2023-27279Same product: Ibm Aspera Faspex
CVE-2024-45097Same product: Ibm Aspera Faspex
CVE-2025-36230Same product: Ibm Aspera Faspex
CVE-2023-37411Same product: Ibm Aspera Faspex
CVE-2023-35907Same product: Ibm Aspera Faspex
CVE-2025-36039Same product: Ibm Aspera Faspex

Affected Assets

ibm
aspera faspex
5.0.0 — 5.0.14.2

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 5 hardening rules · 4 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V14.1.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match
prevent

Directly enforces authorization checks on package identifiers so authenticated users cannot access or enumerate packages they are not permitted to view.

AC-6 Least Privilege good match
prevent

Limits each authenticated user to the minimum set of packages required for their role, eliminating the ability to enumerate unrelated package identifiers.

AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement partial match
prevent

Enforces information-flow rules that can block unauthorized disclosure of package metadata even when valid credentials are presented.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 mostly match
prevents

Enforcing least-privilege access permissions directly prevents unauthorized actors from reaching sensitive system information.

PR.IR-01 mostly match
prevents

Protecting environments from unauthorized logical access stops exposure of internal system details to outsiders.

PR.PS-06 partial match
prevents

Secure-development practices reduce the chance of code paths that leak sensitive system information.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.7.3 Securing offices, rooms and facilities none match
none

Keeping internal maps, directories, and signage from public view prevents disclosure of system or facility details that could aid reconnaissance or targeted attacks.

References