# CVE-2023-23469: IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation information disclosure

> Local storage of web pages allows other users on the system to read sensitive information, requiring a patch for IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:** 1 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 26 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hq8f-55fx-pqv7

## What is CVE-2023-23469?

CVE-2023-23469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation, published on 1 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM ICP4A - Automation Decision Services 18.0.0, 18.0.1, 18.0.2, 19.0.1, 19.0.2, 19.0.3, 20.0.1, 20.0.2, 20.0.3, 21.0.1, 21.0.2, 21.0.3, 22.0.1, and 22.0.2 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 244504.

Weakness: CWE-525 (Use of Web Browser Cache Containing Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23469?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cloud Pak for Business Automation.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-23469?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23469 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-23469 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23469 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation

- [CVE-2023-35899](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35899/): IBM Cloud Pak for Automation CSV injection (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2025-36092](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36092/): IBM Business Automation Insights improper input validation (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-36023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36023/): IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation security bypass (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-1838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1838/): IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation denial of service (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-38367](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38367/): IBM Cloud Pak for Automation authentication bypass (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23469 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-23469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation, published on 1 Feb 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-2023-23469 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation. 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-2023-23469/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23469/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23469
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23469
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23469

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23469/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.