IBM Aspera Orchestrator 4.0.0-4.1.0 Auth Command Exec via Input Validat Abuse
CVE-2025-13481 Published on December 11, 2025

IBM Aspera Orchestrator Command Injection
IBM Aspera Orchestrator 4.0.0 through 4.1.0 could allow an authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the system due to improper validation of user supplied input.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-13481 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

CVE-2025-13481 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-13481

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Affected Versions

IBM Aspera Orchestrator:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.06%
Percentile
17.94%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.