Vulnerability · CVE-2025-13481
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 use
Published Dec 11, 2025 · catalog updated Dec 11, 2025 · IBM Aspera Orchestrator
Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-13481. EPSS is 0.48%. Act only if a listed version of IBM Aspera Orchestrator is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- CVE-2025-13211 · Medium
- Severity
- High8.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.48%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor IBM Aspera Orchestrator 4.0.0 ≤4.1.0
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.
Are you affected?
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- vendor IBM Aspera Orchestrator 4.0.0 ≤4.1.04.0.0 ≤4.1.0
How to fix CVE-2025-13481
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 4.0.0 ≤4.1.0
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-13481. EPSS is 0.48%. Act only if a listed version of IBM Aspera Orchestrator is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with IBM Aspera Orchestrator 4.0.0 ≤4.1.0 4.0.0 ≤4.1.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.48%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Dec 11, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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.
Dec 11, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-13481
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-13481
30-day exploitation probability 0.48%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-202871
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.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- CVE.orgOct 27, 2026
- FIRST EPSSOct 27, 2026
- EUVDOct 27, 2026