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Critical

CVE-2022-47986

PUBLISHED

IBM Aspera Faspex code execution

Exploited in the wild Used in malware Remote Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
IBM
Product
Aspera Faspex
Published
Feb 17, 2023
EPSS
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Description

IBM Aspera Faspex 4.4.2 Patch Level 1 and earlier could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a YAML deserialization flaw. By sending a specially crafted obsolete API call, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. The obsolete API call was removed in Faspex 4.4.2 PL2. IBM X-Force ID: 243512.

cisa malware ransomware nuclei_scanner

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2023-02-21 00:00:00 UTC · Source

Used in malware

Recorded 2023-02-21 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA Feb 21, 2023

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-47986.yaml Apr 25, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

ohnonoyesyes/CVE-2022-47986

github · Created 2023-02-03 06:32:13 UTC · 6 stars

Aspera Faspex Pre Auth RCE

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Exploit Used in Malware

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nuclei