CVE-2023-38010
Published: 04 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2023-38010 is a medium-severity Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information (CWE-209) vulnerability in Ibm Os Image For Red Hat Linux Systems. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique System Information Discovery (T1082); ranked at the 4.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-11 (Error Handling) and AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2023-38010 is a vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak System that results in the exposure of sensitive information within user messages, potentially aiding attackers in subsequent exploitation of the system. This issue aligns with CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information) and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N), indicating medium severity primarily due to low-impact confidentiality loss.
The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows remote access to sensitive details displayed in user messages, providing reconnaissance data that could facilitate further attacks against the IBM Cloud Pak System, though it does not enable direct integrity or availability impacts.
IBM's security advisory provides details on mitigation, available at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7254419. Security practitioners should consult this reference for patching instructions and workarounds specific to affected IBM Cloud Pak System deployments.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-41837
Vulnerability details
IBM Cloud Pak System displays sensitive information in user messages that could aid in further attacks against the system.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Info disclosure via error/user messages enables attackers to obtain system/host details for reconnaissance and follow-on exploitation.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires error and user messages to be constructed so they do not contain sensitive information that could aid further attacks, matching the CWE-209 root cause of CVE-2023-38010.
Requires filtering of sensitive data from all system outputs, which would block the exposure of information in user messages described by the CVE.
Enforces information-flow policies that can prevent sensitive data from being released to unauthorized recipients via messages or responses.