Security Bulletin
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities were addressed in IBM Aspera Console version 3.4.9
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-13459
DESCRIPTION: IBM Aspera Console could allow a privileged user to cause a denial of service due to improper enforcement of behavioral workflow.
CWE: CWE-841: Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 2.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2026-25765
DESCRIPTION: Faraday is an HTTP client library abstraction layer that provides a common interface over many adapters. Prior to 2.14.1, Faraday's build_exclusive_url method (in lib/faraday/connection.rb) uses Ruby's URI#merge to combine the connection's base URL with a user-supplied path. Per RFC 3986, protocol-relative URLs (e.g. //evil.com/path) are treated as network-path references that override the base URL's host/authority component. This means that if any application passes user-controlled input to Faraday's get(), post(), build_url(), or other request methods, an attacker can supply a protocol-relative URL like //attacker.com/endpoint to redirect the request to an arbitrary host, enabling Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.14.1.
CWE: CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVSS Source: security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score: 5.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2025-13460
DESCRIPTION: IBM Aspera Console could allow an attacker to enumerate usernames due to an observable response discrepancy.
CWE: CWE-204: Observable Response Discrepancy
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2025-13212
DESCRIPTION: IBM Aspera Console could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service in the email service due to improper control of interaction frequency.
CWE: CWE-799: Improper Control of Interaction Frequency
CVSS Source: IBM
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-2026-22860
DESCRIPTION: Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.22, 3.1.20, and 3.2.5, `Rack::Directory`’s path check used a string prefix match on the expanded path. A request like `/../root_example/` can escape the configured root if the target path starts with the root string, allowing directory listing outside the intended root. Versions 2.2.22, 3.1.20, and 3.2.5 fix the issue.
CWE: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS Source: security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2026-25500
DESCRIPTION: Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.22, 3.1.20, and 3.2.5, `Rack::Directory` generates an HTML directory index where each file entry is rendered as a clickable link. If a file exists on disk whose basename starts with the `javascript:` scheme (e.g. `javascript:alert(1)`), the generated index contains an anchor whose `href` is exactly `javascript:alert(1)`. Clicking the entry executes JavaScript in the browser (demonstrated with `alert(1)`). Versions 2.2.22, 3.1.20, and 3.2.5 fix the issue.
CWE: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSS Source: security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Aspera Console | 3.3.0 - 3.4.8 |
Remediation/Fixes
It is strongly recommended that customers upgrade to the latest version of IBM Aspera Console:
| Product(s) | Fixing VRM | Platform | Link to Fix |
| IBM Aspera Console |
3.4.9
| Windows | Link |
| IBM Aspera Console |
3.4.9
| Linux | Link |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
12 Mar 2026: Initial Publication
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Document Information
Modified date:
12 March 2026
Initial Publish date:
12 March 2026
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ibm17263486