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CVE-2026-123218

CRITICAL CISA KEV
ACT NOW Priority: 0.05 BB Relevance: 80/100
Published: 2026-11-07 Modified: 2026-11-10 First seen: 2026-11-07 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

IBM Aspera Faspex contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability that could allow an authenticated user to craft a specific message to bypass authorization, causing privilege escalations.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Vendor / Product IBM — Aspera Faspex
Date Added 2026-11-09
Remediation Due 2026-11-12
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295921 ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123218

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (6)

VendorProductVersion
IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0
IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0
IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0
IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0
IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0
ibm aspera_faspex 5.0.0 – 5.0.19.1

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

80 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction
✓ Known exploited (KEV)

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.53%
Raw Score 0.005350
Percentile 45.7%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00535
2026-11-12
0.00535
2026-11-10
0.00705
2026-11-09
0.00396
2026-11-08
0.00396
2026-11-07
0.00396

Intelligence Sources

kev ref →
mitre ref →
nvd ref →

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