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CVE-2023-27290

Due to this, an attacker within the network could access the datastores with read/write access.

EXPLOITCRITICAL 9.1EPSS 8.57%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is critical, while EPSS rates exploitation at 8.6%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

Description

Docker based datastores for IBM Instana (IBM Observability with Instana 239-0 through 239-2, 241-0 through 241-2, and 243-0) do not currently require authentication. Due to this, an attacker within the network could access the datastores with read/write access. IBM X-Force ID: 248737.

CVSS 3.1
9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
8.57% probability · 95th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 7 April 2023
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-306
Affected
ibm/observability with instana
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS trend
0%5%10%4 October 2026: 8.57%4 October 20264 October 2026

EPSS 8.6% since 4 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-51314source ↗Docker based datastores for IBM Instana 241-2 243-0 - No Authenticationmultiple · Shahid Parvez (zippon)remote7 April 2023no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.