CVE-2023-40683: IBM OpenPages with Watson privilege escalation
First published: Tue Jan 16 2024(Updated: )
IBM OpenPages could allow remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by insufficient authorization checks. By authenticating as an OpenPages user and using non-public APIs, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security and gain unauthorized administrative access to the application.
Credit: psirt@us.ibm.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| IBM OpenPages with Watson | <=9.0 | |
| IBM OpenPages with Watson | <=IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3 | |
| All of | ||
| Any of | ||
| IBM OpenPages with Watson | >=8.3<8.3.0.2.7 | |
| IBM OpenPages with Watson | =9.0 | |
| Any of | ||
| Linux Linux kernel | ||
| Microsoft Windows |
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