Security Bulletin
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities were addressed in IBM Aspera Faspex version 5.0.14.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-55193
DESCRIPTION: Active Record connects classes to relational database tables. Prior to versions 7.1.5.2, 7.2.2.2, and 8.0.2.1, the ID passed to find or similar methods may be logged without escaping. If this is directly to the terminal it may include unescaped ANSI sequences. This issue has been patched in versions 7.1.5.2, 7.2.2.2, and 8.0.2.1.
CWE: CWE-150: Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences
CVSS Source: security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score: 2.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)
CVEID: CVE-2025-58767
DESCRIPTION: REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gems from 3.3.3 to 3.4.1 has a DoS vulnerability when parsing XML containing multiple XML declarations. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you may be impacted to these vulnerabilities. The REXML gem 3.4.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities.
CWE: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2025-54572
DESCRIPTION: The Ruby SAML library is for implementing the client side of a SAML authorization. In versions 1.18.0 and below, a denial-of-service vulnerability exists in ruby-saml even with the message_max_bytesize setting configured. The vulnerability occurs because the SAML response is validated for Base64 format prior to checking the message size, leading to potential resource exhaustion. This is fixed in version 1.18.1.
CWE: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Source: security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score: 6.9
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)
CVEID: CVE-2025-36225
DESCRIPTION: IBM Aspera Faspex 5 could disclose sensitive user information from the system to an authenticated user due to an observable discrepancy of returned data.
CWE: CWE-203: Observable Discrepancy
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2025-54314
DESCRIPTION: Thor before 1.4.0 can construct an unsafe shell command from library input. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because "the method that was fixed can only be used with arguments that are controlled by Thor, and there is no way an attacker can take control of those arguments."
CWE: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS Source: cve@mitre.org
CVSS Base score: 2.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2023-37401
DESCRIPTION: IBM Aspera uses a cross-domain policy file that includes domains that should not be trusted.
CWE: CWE-942: Permissive Cross-domain Security Policy with Untrusted Domains
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2025-36171
DESCRIPTION: IBM Aspera Faspex could allow a privileged user to cause a denial of service from improperly validated API input due to excessive resource consumption.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 4.9
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| Aspera Faspex 5 | 5.0.0 - 5.0.13.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | Fixing VRM | Platform | Link to Fix |
| IBM Aspera Faspex |
5.0.14
| Linux | click here |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
IBM X-Force Red Pentest Team
Change History
08 Oct 2025: Initial Publication
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Document Location
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Modified date:
08 October 2025
UID
ibm17247502