# CVE-2023-23468: IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak access control

> Attackers can create namespaces within the cluster due to insufficient security configuration, potentially escalating privileges or modifying data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 1 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f9wj-wv6x-9pj8

## What is CVE-2023-23468?

CVE-2023-23468 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak, published on 27 Jun 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak 21.0.1 through 21.0.7.3 and 23.0.0 through 23.0.3 is vulnerable to insufficient security configuration which may allow creation of namespaces within a cluster.  IBM X-Force ID:  244500.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23468?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Robotic Process Automation.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-23468?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23468 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-23468 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

- [CVE-2022-30616](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30616/): Privilege escalation in Robotic Process Automation (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2022-43574](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43574/): Missing authorization in IBM Robotic Process Automation (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-51448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51448/): IBM Robotic Process Automation privilege escalation (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2023-38734](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38734/): IBM Robotic Process Automation privilege escalation (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2024-49824](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49824/): IBM Robotic Process Automation security bypass (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23468 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-23468 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak, published on 27 Jun 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak. 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-2023-23468/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23468/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23468
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23468
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23468

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23468/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.