Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-38362

Ibm Cics Tx 10.1

Published
04 March 2024
Modified
07 January 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0047 38th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-38362 is a medium-severity Observable Response Discrepancy (CWE-204) vulnerability in Ibm Cics Tx. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 38th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM CICS TX Advanced 10.1 could disclose sensitive information to a remote attacker due to observable discrepancy in HTTP responses. IBM X-Force ID: 260814.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

ibm
cics tx
10.1

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 1 hardening rule · 1 OS baseline
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V13.4.5

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-203 CWE-204

Misdirection can normalize or falsify responses to eliminate observable discrepancies that aid reconnaissance.

addresses: CWE-203 CWE-204

Prevents attackers from using observable differences in error responses to infer internal system details or state.

addresses: CWE-203

Observable discrepancies in system behavior can be modulated to create covert storage or timing channels; the required analysis detects and constrains such avenues.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 full match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent introduction of inconsistent response behavior that leaks internal state.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing can detect observable response discrepancies before deployment.

mitigates

Network security controls can enforce uniform responses and suppress observable discrepancies.

prevents

Secure SDLC practices include error-handling and response standardization to avoid information disclosure.

prevents

Application security requirements typically mandate consistent, non-revealing error messages.

prevents

Secure architecture principles discourage designs that leak internal state via differing responses.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly require uniform error handling to prevent information leakage.

References