Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-14958 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-14958 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-14958?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.1, published 28 July 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.15.4.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-14958?
- A patch was published on 2026-07-28: Vulnerability addressed in version 5.0.16. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-14958 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-14958?
- Check whether you run IBM Aspera Faspex at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
IBM Aspera Faspex 5 (versions 5.0.0 through 5.0.15.4) is vulnerable to OS command injection (CWE-78) resulting from unquoted shell interpolation. A remote authenticated attacker with high privileges (PR:H) can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is characterized by a scope change (S:C), indicating that an exploit can impact components beyond the Faspex application itself. IBM has addressed this issue in version 5.0.16.
Affected products
- IBM Aspera Faspex 5 5.0.0 through 5.0.15.4
Timeline
- 2026-07-28: advisory: IBM published the security bulletin and NVD record.
- 2026-07-28: patched: Vulnerability addressed in version 5.0.16.