# CVE-2023-0944: Missing authorization in Bhima

> Authenticated users can modify arbitrary session data including passwords due to improper permission validation, potentially leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hvrf-4ggv-8gj3

## What is CVE-2023-0944?

CVE-2023-0944 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Bhima, published on 5 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Bhima version 1.27.0 allows an authenticated attacker with regular user permissions to update arbitrary user session data such as username, email and password. This is possible because the application is vulnerable to IDOR, it does not correctly validate user permissions with respect to certain actions that can be performed by the user.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0944?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Imaworldhealth Bhima.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0944?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0944 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0944 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0944 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bhima

- [CVE-2023-0959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0959/): Cross-site request forgery in Bhima (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-0967](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0967/): Missing authorization in Bhima (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0944 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0944 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Bhima, published on 5 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0944 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bhima. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0944/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0944/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0944
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0944
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0944

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0944/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.