CVE-2023-38281
Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak System
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM Cloud Pak System does not set the secure attribute on authorization tokens or session cookies. Attackers may be able to get the cookie values by sending a http:// link to a user or by planting this link in a site the user goes to. The cookie will be sent to the insecure link and the attacker can then obtain the cookie value by snooping the traffic.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 2.3.4.0
- affected 2.3.4.1
- affected 2.3.4.1 Interim Fix 001
- affected 2.3.5.0
- affected 2.3.6.0
IBM · OS Image for Red Hat Linux Systems
- affected 4.0.4.0
- affected 4.0.5.0
- affected 4.0.6.0
- affected 4.0.7.0
- affected 5.0.0.0
- affected 5.0.1.0
What to do
Solution: IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now by http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959 For unsupported versions the recommendation is to upgrade to a supported version of the product.
References (1)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7254419 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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