CVE-2023-37401 (GCVE-0-2023-37401)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-09 13:54
Modified
2025-10-09 19:06
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-942 - Overly Permissive Cross-domain Whitelist
Summary
IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.13.1 uses a cross-domain policy file that includes domains that should not be trusted.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Aspera Faspex Version: 5.0.0   ≤ 5.0.13.1
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:5.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:5.0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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