What is CVE-2025-36040?

CVE-2025-36040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Aspera Faspex, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2025-36040?

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

Vulnerability in Ibm Aspera Faspex

CVE-2025-36040

IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.12.1 could allow an authenticated user to perform unauthorized actions due to client-side enforcement of sever side security mechanisms.

EPSS: 0.001 (33.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Aspera Faspex — versions 5.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7241007 (vendor-advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-36040?: CVE-2025-36040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Aspera Faspex, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2025-36040?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.