CVE-2023-38272
Published: 27 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2023-38272 is a medium-severity Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint (CWE-300) vulnerability in Ibm Cloud Pak System. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 46.1th 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 AU-13 (Monitoring for Information Disclosure) and SC-8 (Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Protects the confidentiality of information transmitted over the network, directly preventing disclosure of sensitive CLI arguments to network-accessible attackers.
Monitors the system for unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, such as CLI arguments exposed to users with network access.
Monitors and controls communications at system boundaries, mitigating network access that could reveal sensitive CLI arguments.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The network-accessible info disclosure vuln in IBM Cloud Pak System enables exploitation of public-facing apps (T1190) and facilitates collection of sensitive data from local CLI arguments (T1005).
NVD Description
IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.0, 2.3.3.3, 2.3.3.3 iFix1, 2.3.3.4, 2.3.3.5, 2.3.3.6, 2.3.36 iFix1, 2.3.3.6 iFix2, 2.3.3.7, 2.3.3.7 iFix1, 2.3.4.0, and 2.3.4.1 could allow a user with access to the network to obtain sensitive information from CLI arguments.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2023-38272 is a vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak System versions 2.3.3.0, 2.3.3.3, 2.3.3.3 iFix1, 2.3.3.4, 2.3.3.5, 2.3.3.6, 2.3.3.6 iFix1, 2.3.3.6 iFix2, 2.3.3.7, 2.3.3.7 iFix1, 2.3.4.0, and 2.3.4.1 that could allow a user with access to the network to obtain sensitive information from CLI arguments. Published on 2025-03-27, it is rated 5.9 on the CVSS 3.1 scale (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) and maps to CWE-300 (Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint).
An unauthenticated attacker with network access can exploit this vulnerability, though it requires high attack complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation enables the disclosure of sensitive information with high confidentiality impact, without affecting integrity or availability, and with unchanged scope.
IBM has published an advisory with mitigation details at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7229212.
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