Security Resilience

CVE-2023-46169

Ibm Ds8900F Firmware 89.22.19.0 … 89.33.48.0

Published
07 March 2024
Modified
11 March 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0051 42th percentile
Risk Priority 50 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-46169 is a medium-severity Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence (CWE-41) vulnerability in Ibm Ds8900F Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Steganography (T1001.002); ranked at the 42th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM DS8900F HMC 89.21.19.0, 89.21.31.0, 89.30.68.0, 89.32.40.0, and 89.33.48.0 could allow an authenticated user to arbitrarily delete a file. IBM X-Force ID: 269406.

CWE(s)
CWE-41NVD-CWE-noinfo

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001.002 Steganography Command And Control
Adversaries may use steganographic techniques to hide command and control traffic to make detection efforts more difficult.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003 OS Credential Dumping Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump credentials to obtain account login and credential material, normally in the form of a hash or a clear text password.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.007 Proc Filesystem Credential Access
Adversaries may gather credentials from the proc filesystem or `/proc`.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump the contents of <code>/etc/passwd</code> and <code>/etc/shadow</code> to enable offline password cracking.
attack.mitre.org →
T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
attack.mitre.org →
T1006 Direct Volume Access Stealth
Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file access controls and file system monitoring.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-46170Same product: Ibm Ds8900F
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CVE-2023-46172Same product: Ibm Ds8900F
CVE-2024-22326Same product: Ibm Ds8900F Firmware
CVE-2025-36255Same product: Ibm Ds8900F
CVE-2025-36192Same product: Ibm Ds8900F
CVE-2025-36254Same product: Ibm Ds8900F
CVE-2025-54107Shared CWE-41
CVE-2025-43298Shared CWE-41
CVE-2026-72835Shared CWE-41

Affected Assets

ibm
ds8900f firmware
89.22.19.0, 89.30.68.0, 89.32.40.0, 89.33.48.0

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation of file paths directly rejects or normalizes the special-character manipulations that create equivalent names.

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match

Proper enforcement of file access authorizations structurally blocks disclosure when equivalent paths are presented.

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.IR-01 partial match
blocks

Path-equivalence flaws enable unauthorized file access that network segmentation and logical access controls can partially block.

PR.PS-06 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent introduction of improper path-resolution logic in software.

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.

A.8.19 Installation of software on operational systems partial match
removes
A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
blocks

Secure development lifecycle includes path-handling requirements that reduce equivalence-based disclosure.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
blocks

Application security requirements can mandate canonicalization and input validation to block path equivalence.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
blocks

A.8.27 mandates security-by-design principles (least privilege, default-deny, distrust-external-input, security-oriented design reviews, hardening) that reach a minority slice of path-equivalence cases when applied to file-system or input-handling layers, but most CWE-41 instances arise from un-reviewed custom path canonicalization logic that the clause does not itself eliminate or block from exploitation.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly require canonical path resolution and input sanitization to prevent equivalence attacks.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance partial match
finds

Security testing can detect path-equivalence flaws before release, partially fulfilling the control.

References