What is CVE-2023-27279?

CVE-2023-27279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex, classified under CWE-799. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-04-19.

How severe is CVE-2023-27279?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex

CVE-2023-27279

IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.7 could allow a user to cause a denial of service due to missing API rate limiting. IBM X-Force ID: 248533.

Published 2024-04-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Aspera Faspex — versions 5.0.0
IBM Aspera Faspex

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-799

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7148632 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/248533 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27279?: CVE-2023-27279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aspera Faspex, classified under CWE-799. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-04-19.
How severe is CVE-2023-27279?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.