What is CVE-2025-13916?

CVE-2025-13916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aspera Shares, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-04-01.

How severe is CVE-2025-13916?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Aspera Shares

CVE-2025-13916

IBM Aspera Shares 1.9.9 through 1.11.0 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published 2026-04-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7267848 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-13916?: CVE-2025-13916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aspera Shares, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-04-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-13916?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.