CVE-2026-8179 (GCVE-0-2026-8179)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 13:17 – Updated: 2026-05-28 03:55
VLAI
Title
Multiple vulnerabilities in Aspera applications.
Summary
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 vulnerability could allow an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the system.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
ibm
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7273615 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint Affected: 3.7.4 , ≤ 4.4.7 Fix Pack 1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_high_speed_transfer_endpoint:3.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_high_speed_transfer_endpoint:4.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server Affected: 3.7.4 , ≤ 4.4.7 Fix Pack 1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_high_speed_transfer_server:3.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_high_speed_transfer_server:4.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
The vulnerabilities were reported to IBM by Yannik Marchand.
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