CVE-2023-28522

IBM API Connect improper access control

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Published May 12, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM API Connect V10 could allow an authenticated user to perform actions that they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 250585.

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

API Connect

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.0.0.0`	affected	< 10.0.5.1
`10.0.1.4`	affected	< 10.0.1.9

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect::::::::

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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-2023-32192	IBM API Connect V10 could allow an authenticated user to perform actions that they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 250585.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.513% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/250585
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6965612

History

Jan 24, 2025 4:15 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 Api Connect

Weaknesses

CWE-732

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 24, 2025, 4:11 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: May 12, 2023, 1:22 AM
Updated: Jan 24, 2025, 4:11 PM
Reserved: Mar 16, 2023, 9:05 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 1:43 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 1:43 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:47 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 12, 2023, 2:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:47 AM

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