VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-32338
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy and IBM Sterling External Authentication Server 6.0.3 and 6.1.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user with container access.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.19%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy and IBM Sterling External Authentication Server 6.0.3 and 6.1.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user with container access. IBM X-Force ID: 255585.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.19% probability · 8th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Affected
- ibm/sterling external authentication server · ibm/sterling secure proxy
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/255585VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029765Broken Link
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029766Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029765Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/255585VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029765Broken Link
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7029766Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.