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CVE-2022-47986

9.8, critical Known exploited Used in ransomware

IBM Aspera Faspex Code Execution Vulnerability

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CVSS
9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
100% higher than 99.9% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
17 Feb 20233 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 21 Feb 2023 and links it to ransomware activity. US federal agencies had to remediate by 14 Mar 2023, a deadline that has passed.

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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.

Details

Vendor
IBM
Product
Aspera Faspex
Weakness
CWE-502 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
psirt@us.ibm.com

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

References 4

Exploit code 1

Patches and fixes 1

Advisories 1

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.