CVE-2023-27866

IBM Informix JDBC code execution

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Published Jun 28, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.3 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Informix JDBC Driver 4.10 and 4.50 is susceptible to remote code execution attack via JNDI injection when driver code or the application using the driver do not verify supplied LDAP URL in Connect String. IBM X-Force ID: 249511.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Informix JDBC

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.10, 4.50`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_jdbc_driver::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_jdbc_driver:4.10:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-31601	IBM Informix JDBC Driver 4.10 and 4.50 is susceptible to remote code execution attack via JNDI injection when driver code or the application using the driver do not verify supplied LDAP URL in Connect String. IBM X-Force ID: 249511.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.0% (1.025% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249511
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7007615

History

Oct 28, 2024 1:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ibm Informix Jdbc Driver

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 28, 2024, 1:02 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Jun 28, 2023, 3:41 PM
Updated: Oct 28, 2024, 1:02 PM
Reserved: Mar 6, 2023, 8:01 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 12:23 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 12:23 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:45 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 28, 2023, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:45 AM

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