CVE-2026-8179
Published: 27 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-8179 is a high-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Ibm Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 32.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-32497
Vulnerability details
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 3.7.4 through 4.4.7 Fix Pack 1 and IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 3.7.4 through 4.4.7 Fix Pack 1 and IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint are affected by a buffer overflow in the asperahttpd component. This…
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vulnerability could allow an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the system.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Buffer overflow in server component enables authenticated arbitrary code execution, directly mapping to exploitation for privilege escalation.
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Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.