CVE-2023-22870 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.5 transmits sensitive information in cleartext which could be obtained by an attacker using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 244121.

Published: 2023-09-05

Score: 5.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Aspera Faspex

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.0.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-26980	IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.5 transmits sensitive information in cleartext which could be obtained by an attacker using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 244121.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00343.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/244121
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029681

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ibm Aspera Faspex

Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2023-09-05T00:46:14.649Z

Updated: 2024-09-26T18:27:59.631Z

Reserved: 2023-01-09T15:16:49.250Z

Link: CVE-2023-22870

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:20:31.053Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-05T01:15:07.360

Modified: 2026-06-17T05:36:19.547

Link: CVE-2023-22870

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-319

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