What is CVE-2026-120113?

CVE-2026-120113 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aspera Connect, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-11-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-120113?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in IBM Aspera Connect

CVE-2026-120113

IBM Aspera Connect 1.6.1 through 4.2.19 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information and modify host trust configuration due to missing authentication and overly permissive cross-origin access controls in the local HTTP service. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious web page, an attacker could perform unauthorized cross-origin requests to read and modify configuration.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2026-11-08 · last modified 2026-11-08.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

IBM Aspera Connect

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7295714 (vendor-advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-120113?: CVE-2026-120113 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aspera Connect, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-11-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-120113?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.