Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-47147

Path Traversal in Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3 … 6.1.0

Path Traversal
Published
15 March 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
View advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.9
Click a component to see what it means
Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0042 34th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-47147 is a medium-severity External Control of File Name or Path (CWE-73) vulnerability in Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 34th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A06:2025 Insecure Design

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3 and 6.1.0 could allow an attacker to overwrite a log message under specific conditions. IBM X-Force ID: 270598.

CWE(s)
CWE-73

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-46179Same product: Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy
CVE-2024-38341Same product: Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy
CVE-2023-46181Same product: Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy
CVE-2023-47699Same product: Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy
CVE-2024-41784Same product: Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy
CVE-2023-47162Same product: Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy
CVE-2024-51453Same product: Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy
CVE-2023-46182Same product: Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy
CVE-2024-22341Same vendor: Ibm
CVE-2023-26282Same vendor: Ibm

Affected Assets

ibm
sterling secure proxy
6.0.3, 6.1.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

—

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

—

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

—

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.3.2

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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-73

Rejects externally supplied file or resource identifiers that fail validity checks.

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 include input validation and path sanitization that eliminate this weakness.

PR.AA-05 mostly match
prevents

Least-privilege file authorization directly limits damage from externally controlled paths.

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.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
detects

Security testing can detect path-traversal issues but does not itself implement preventive controls.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and path-handling controls that directly prevent external file/path manipulation.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against untrusted input influencing file operations.

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

Secure architecture principles discourage unsafe path construction but do not prescribe concrete file-name controls.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards require canonicalization, allow-listing, and bounds checks on file paths, directly eliminating CWE-73.

A.8.3 Information access restriction partial match
mitigates

Information access restriction limits which files can be reached, indirectly reducing impact of path manipulation.

References