Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 28, 2026
Path traversal vulnerability in IBM Aspera Desktop App 1.0.5–1.0.19 allows remote attackers to write files outside the user’s intended download directory by enticing a user to interact with a malicious download request or file. No active exploitation or public exploit code has been identified at the time of analysis, and a vendor patch is available.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Affects 1 package in euvd
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Primary rating from Vendor (ibm) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: ibm
DescriptionCVE.org
IBM Aspera Desktop App 1.0.5 through 1.0.19 IBM Aspera for desktop can allow files to be written outside of the user's selected download destination.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
EUVD-2026-50032
GHSA-q92f-x3wf-xc2v
NVD
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