CVE-2026-11980 (GCVE-0-2026-11980)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-30 14:16
Modified
2026-07-31 16:10
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-242 - Use of Inherently Dangerous Function
Summary
IBM Aspera Desktop App 1.0.5 through 1.0.19 can allow arbitrary code execution by loading DLL files at start-up.
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| IBM | Aspera Desktop App |
Version: 1.0.5 ≤ 1.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_desktop_app:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_desktop_app:1.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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