IBM Aspera Connect up to 4.2.19 Local HTTP Service missing authentication

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IBM Aspera Connect up to 4.2.19. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Local HTTP Service. Performing a manipulation results in missing authentication. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-120113. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IBM Aspera Connect up to 4.2.19. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Local HTTP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-120113 since 10/30/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/08/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Aspera Connect

Version

• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4
• 4.2.5
• 4.2.6
• 4.2.7
• 4.2.8
• 4.2.9
• 4.2.10
• 4.2.11
• 4.2.12
• 4.2.13
• 4.2.14
• 4.2.15
• 4.2.16
• 4.2.17
• 4.2.18
• 4.2.19

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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